1Based on or characterized by the methods and principles of science.
‘the scientific study of earthquakes’
‘On the other hand, industries that rely more on empirical rather than scientific knowledge do less research.’
‘The object of the life of study is philosophical or scientific understanding.’
‘In the scientific community, the study of alternatives to animal research has become respectable in some quarters.’
‘And this is a matter about which there can be sensible debate based on a scientific or at least rational understanding of the world.’
‘Empirically a scientific fact has a higher probability of being correct, and should be considered on that basis.’
‘Again, it piggybacks off a common theory - the idea of paradigm shifts in scientific understanding.’
‘Only recently, however, has the behaviour become the subject of scientific study, and research remains in its infancy.’
‘What stands between me and an answer is not a lack of scientific studies into the properties of just actions, nor a lack of experience of justice in my life.’
‘That all depends on how valid his scientific research is, now doesn't it?’
‘New scientific evidence shows consistent patterns of decline of functioning for four different types of dying.’
‘Yet it seemed like all great scientific discoveries were tested first for any possible military applications.’
‘But recently it has dawned on me that scientific research is a career worth pursuing.’
‘Their study now provides a sound scientific basis for the present standard of care.’
‘Now, however, there should be no doubt that it had no sound scientific basis.’
‘And so, the first scientific journal, the Philosophical Transactions, was published in 1665.’
‘Should the real scientific community participate in this show trial at all?’
‘But as scientific knowledge has grown so too have the perceived dimensions of the legal problems of conservation.’
‘Remember, now, this poll is not scientific.’
‘He is eagerly interested in anything scientific in nature, and careless about the feelings of people around him.’
‘Your son's experience may not be scientific, but it certainly is convincing.’
Late 16th century from French scientifique or late Latin scientificus ‘producing knowledge’, from scientia (see science). Early use described the liberal arts as opposed to the ‘mechanic’ arts (i.e. arts requiring manual skill).
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