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About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power.
Sidney Altman

Meaning of "scientific" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC

scientific  [ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCIENTIFIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scientific is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SCIENTIFIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Science

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. In an older and closely related meaning, "science" also refers to a body of knowledge itself, of the type that can be rationally explained and reliably applied. A practitioner of science is known as a scientist. Since classical antiquity, science as a type of knowledge has been closely linked to philosophy. In the early modern period the words "science" and "philosophy of nature" were sometimes used interchangeably. By the 17th century, natural philosophy was considered a separate branch of philosophy. In modern usage, "science" most often refers to a way of pursuing knowledge, not only the knowledge itself. It is also often restricted to those branches of study that seek to explain the phenomena of the material universe. In the 17th and 18th centuries scientists increasingly sought to formulate knowledge in terms of laws of nature such as Newton's laws of motion.

Definition of scientific in the English dictionary

The first definition of scientific in the dictionary is of, relating to, derived from, or used in science. Other definition of scientific is occupied in science. Scientific is also conforming with the principles or methods used in science.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCIENTIFIC


antiscientific
ˌæntɪˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
beatific
ˌbiːəˈtɪfɪk
bioscientific
ˌbaɪəʊˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
geoscientific
ˌdʒiːəʊˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
honorific
ˌɒnəˈrɪfɪk
horrific
hɒˈrɪfɪk
intraspecific
ˌɪntrəspəˈsɪfɪk
lactific
lækˈtɪfɪk
mortific
mɔːˈtɪfɪk
motific
məʊˈtɪfɪk
neuroscientific
ˌnjʊərəʊˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
nonscientific
ˌnɒnsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
nonspecific
ˌnɒnspɪˈsɪfɪk
pacific
pəˈsɪfɪk
prescientific
ˌpriːsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
prolific
prəˈlɪfɪk
pseudoscientific
ˌsjuːdəʊˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
specific
spɪˈsɪfɪk
terrific
təˈrɪfɪk
unscientific
ˌʌnsaɪənˈtɪfɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCIENTIFIC

science
science correspondent
science fiction
Science Museum
science park
scienced
scient
scienter
sciential
scientific content analysis
scientific method
scientific officer
scientific socialism
scientifical
scientifically
scientism
scientist
scientistic
scientize

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCIENTIFIC

calcific
calorific
classific
colorific
conspecific
frigorific
Indo-Pacific
infraspecific
interspecific
magnific
mellific
mirific
monospecific
salvific
soporific
South Pacific
stereospecific
subspecific
the Pacific
transpacific

Synonyms and antonyms of scientific in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCIENTIFIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scientific» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of scientific

Translation of «scientific» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCIENTIFIC

Find out the translation of scientific to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scientific from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scientific» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

科学的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

científico
570 millions of speakers

English

scientific
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वैज्ञानिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عِلْميّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

научный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

científico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৈজ্ঞানিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scientifique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saintifik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wissenschaftlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

科学の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과학적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ilmiah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có tính khoa học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறிவியல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वैज्ञानिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilmi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scientifico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

naukowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

науковий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

științific
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιστημονικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wetenskaplike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vetenskaplig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vitenskapelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scientific

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCIENTIFIC»

The term «scientific» is very widely used and occupies the 4.339 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCIENTIFIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scientific» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scientific» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scientific

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10 QUOTES WITH «SCIENTIFIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scientific.
1
Alexander Alekhine
I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.
2
Eben Alexander
I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.
3
Gordon W. Allport
Dogmatism makes for scientific anemia.
4
Sidney Altman
About seven years later I was given a book about the periodic table of the elements. For the first time I saw the elegance of scientific theory and its predictive power.
5
Thomas Aquinas
The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
6
Shelley Berkley
I cannot understand for the life of me why DOE is going forward with this licensing procedure when we do not know whether or not the scientific documentation upon which you are basing your decisions is, in fact, flawed.
7
Judy Biggert
As the Nation's primary supporter of research in the physical sciences, the DOE Office of Science led the way in creating a unique system of large-scale, specialized, often one-of-a-kind facilities for scientific discovery.
8
James W. Black
I had found myself a new mission - and once more my recurring dilemma between corporate commercial needs and personal scientific ambitions was solved unexpectedly.
9
Mary Kay Blakely
It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home.
10
John Boehner
We can continue to make significant strides in the scientific community by exploring new stem cell research methods that do not include destroying human embryos.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCIENTIFIC»

Discover the use of scientific in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scientific and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Introduction to Scientific Research
This book is intended to assist scientists in planning and carrying out research. However, unlike most books dealing with the scientific method, which stress its philosophical rationale, this book is written from a practical standpoint.
E. Bright Wilson, 2012
2
Scientific Teaching
Seasoned classroom veterans, pre-tenured faculty, and neophyte teaching assistants alike will find this book invaluable.
Jo Handelsman, Sarah Miller, Christine Pfund, 2007
3
Guide to Scientific Computing
This book provides an appreciation of the need for numerical methods for solving different types of problems, and discusses basic approaches.
Peter R. Turner, 2001
4
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary ...
Newly designed, with an expanded index, this edition will be eagerly welcomed by the next generation of readers seeking to understand the history of our perspectives on science.
Thomas S. Kuhn, 2012
5
Numerical Analysis in Modern Scientific Computing
This book provides a well-written and clear introduction to the main topics of modern numerical analysis-sequence of linear equations, error analysis, least squares, nonlinear systems, symmetric eigenvalue problems, three-term recursions, ...
Peter Deuflhard, 2003
6
Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates in the United States
Scientific Elite is about Nobel prize winners and the well-defined stratification system in twentieth-century science.
7
Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words
This book has been written to expose these phantoms as largely smoke and mirrors, and replace them with principles that make communicating research easier and encourage researchers to write confidently.
David Lindsay, 2011
8
Scientific Method in Practice
This book will enable scientists to be better scientists by offering them a deeper understanding of the scientific method.
Hugh G. Gauch, 2003
9
Scientific Racism in Modern South Africa
This is the first full-length study of the history of intellectual and scientific racism in modern South Africa.
Saul Dubow, 1995
10
Scientific Instruments, 1500-1900: An Introduction
"--Bruce Stephenson, Adler Planetarium "This book provides a very useful and informative overview of the history of scientific instruments. Turner is recognized as one of the founders of this specialized area of historical research.
‎1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCIENTIFIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scientific is used in the context of the following news items.
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Despite dip in sale of key devices, Boston Scientific upbeat on outlook
Boston Scientific Corp. saw a drop in U.S. sales of core heart-rhythm devices like pacemakers and defibrillators in the last quarter — and the trend is expected to ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Scientific experts: Sugar intake 'should be halved'
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), which advises Public Health England and other government agencies on nutrition, wants the ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Japan asked to prove its whaling is for scientific research
But the commission's 2015 Scientific Committee report found the new proposal “contained insufficient information” for its expert panel to complete a full review ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Boston Scientific ordered to pay $100 million in transvaginal mesh trial
A Delaware jury on Thursday ordered Boston Scientific to pay $100 million to a woman who said she was injured by transvaginal mesh, a device that is the ... «Reuters, May 15»
5
Boston Scientific Reports Loss, Product Settlement
Boston Scientific, based in Marlborough, Mass., cut its sales outlook for the year, now projecting $7.23 billion to $7.38 billion, down from its previous range of ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
6
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) Earnings Report: Q1 2015 …
The following Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO - Get Report) conference call took place on April 22, 2015, 08:30 AM ET. This is a transcript of that earnings call:. «TheStreet.com, Apr 15»
7
Japan says will try again with 'scientific' whaling programme
Japan's top whaling negotiator said Tuesday Tokyo would try again to justify its "scientific" Antarctic Ocean hunt after a panel of experts said the government had ... «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
8
House passes bill to overhaul EPA Scientific Advisory Board
The House passed legislation on Tuesday to modify the selection process for members of the Environmental Protection Agency's Scientific Advisory Board. «The Hill, Mar 15»
9
Endo to Sell Men's Health Businesses to Boston Scientific
He added that it will complement Boston Scientific's existing treatments for female ... In recent years, Boston Scientific has tried to diversify its product portfolio to ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»
10
Documents Spur Investigation of Climate Skeptic
Subsequent controversy led to the resignation of several of the journal's editors. In that case, the controversy revolved around scientific issues, not disclosure of ... «Scientific American, Feb 15»

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