scientific
English
Alternative forms
- scientifick (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus (“pertaining to science”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
scientific (comparative more scientific, superlative most scientific)
- Related or connected to science:
- 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 9:
- There is also in these matters of Science (though many scientific men would doubtless deny this) a great deal of "Fashion".
- 2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 4 April 2012, page 87:
- 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.
- Derived from or consistent with the scientific method.
- In accord with the procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.[1]
- 2025 July 17, Aaron Reich, quoting Uri Geller, “Uri Geller: Israel used secret group of military psychics, AI to attack Iran”, in The Jerusalem Post[2], Jpost Inc., archived from the original on 17 July 2025:
- “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.
Synonyms
- (having to do with science): See also Thesaurus:scientific
- (consistent with the scientific method):
- (in accord with procedures): methodical, systematic; see also Thesaurus:methodical
Derived terms
- antiscientific
- anti-scientific
- ascientific
- bioscientific
- counterscientific
- culturo-scientific
- cyberscientific
- e-scientific
- ethnoscientific
- extrascientific
- geoscientific
- international scientific vocabulary
- interscientific
- metascientific
- nanoscientific
- neuroscientific
- nonscientific
- non-scientific
- parascientific
- postscientific
- prescientific
- protoscientific
- pseudoscientific
- psychoscientific
- quasiscientific
- quasi-scientific
- religioscientific
- scientifical
- scientifically
- scientific calculator
- scientific classification
- scientific communism
- scientific computing
- scientific creationism
- scientific frontier
- scientific materialism
- scientific method
- scientific methodology
- scientific model
- scientific modeling
- scientific name
- scientificness
- scientific notation
- scientific paper
- scientific problem
- scientific racism
- scientific racist
- scientific research
- scientific romance
- scientific socialism
- scientific socialist
- scientific taxonomy
- scientifiction
- scientify
- scientize
- semiscientific
- socioscientific
- subscientific
- superscientific
- technoscientific
- telescientific
- ultrascientific
- unscientific
Related terms
Translations
of or having to do with science
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See also
References
- ^ Scientific. Dictionary.com. May 22, 2011
Interlingua
Adjective
scientific (not comparable)
Related terms
Ladin
Adjective
scientific m pl
- plural of scientifich
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sjentiˈfik/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
scientific m (feminine singular scientifica, masculine plural scientifics, feminine plural scientificas)
Derived terms
Noun
scientific m (plural scientifics, feminine scientifica, feminine plural scientificas)
Related terms
- sciéncia f
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[3], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 898.
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 590.
Romanian
Adjective
scientific m or n (feminine singular scientifică, masculine plural scientifici, feminine and neuter plural scientifice)
- obsolete form of științific
Declension
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | scientific | scientifică | scientifici | scientifice | |||
definite | scientificul | scientifica | scientificii | scientificele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | scientific | scientifice | scientifici | scientifice | |||
definite | scientificului | scientificei | scientificilor | scientificelor |
References
- scientific in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN