Sci`en*tif"ic (?), a.
[F. scientifique; L.
scientia science + facere to make.]
1.
Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific
principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.
2. Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific arrangement of
fossils.
3. Having a knowledge of science, or of a science;
evincing science or systematic knowledge;
as, a scientific chemist;
a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.
Bossuet is as scientific in the structure of his sentences.
Landor. Scientific method, the method employed in exact science and consisting of: (a) Careful and abundant observation and experiment. (b) generalization of the results into formulated "Laws"
and statements.
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