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17
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20
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/
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/ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/ · /ˈsaɪ(.ə)n.ʈɨ.fɪk/

Definition of scientific

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Related or connected to science
    “There is also in these matters of Science (though many scientific men would doubtless deny this) a great deal of "Fashion".”
    “In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.”
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adj

  1. Related or connected to science
    “There is also in these matters of Science (though many scientific men would doubtless deny this) a great deal of "Fashion".”
    “In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.”
  2. Related or connected to science:
  3. Related or connected to science:
    ““The circumstances in Iran were so mysterious and so bizarre that the Iranian government realized that this cannot happen with mechanical means or cyberattacks. They cannot happen with anything known to the human mind from a scientific point of view,” he explained.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin scientia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific Borrowed from Middle French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus (“pertaining to science”).

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