scientific

English

Alternative forms

• scientifick

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus (“pertaining to science”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

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Adjective

scientific (comparative more scientific, superlative most scientific)

1. Of, or having to do with science.
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     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. Having the quality of being derived from, or consistent with, the scientific method.
3. In accord with procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.

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

• pseudoscientific
• scientifical
• scientific method
• scientificness

 

Related terms

• science
• scientificity
• scientist

 

Translations

of or having to do with science

• Albanian: shkencor (sq)
• Arabic: عِلْمِيّ‎ (ʿilmiyy)
• Armenian: գիտական (hy) (gitakan)
• Asturian: científicu
• Basque: zientifiko
• Belarusian: навуко́вы (navukóvy)
• Catalan: científic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 科學的 (zh), 科学的 (zh) (kēxué de)

• Crimean Tatar: ilmiy
• Czech: vědecký (cs)
• Danish: videnskabelig
• Dutch: wetenschappelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: sciencista
• Estonian: teaduslik
• Finnish: tieteellinen (fi)
• French: scientifique (fr)
• Galician: científico (gl)
• German: wissenschaftlich (de)
• Greek: επιστημονικός (el) (epistimonikós)
• Haitian Creole: syantifik
• Hebrew: מדעי‎ (madai)
• Hungarian: tudományos (hu)
• Ido: ciencala (io)
• Indonesian: ilmiah (id)
• Italian: scientifico (it)
• Japanese: 科学的 (かがくてき, kagakuteki)
• Kazakh: ғылымдық (ğılımdıq), ғылыми (kk) (ğılımï)
• Ladino: sientifiko
• Latvian: zinātnisks

• Lithuanian: mokslinis
• Low German:

  German Low German: wetenschaplik

• Luxembourgish: wëssenschaftlech
• Macedonian: научен (naučen)
• Malay: saintifik
• Maltese: xjentifiku
• Manx: oaylleeagh, skeeandagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vitenskapelig (no)

• Persian: علمی‎ (fa) (elmi)
• Polish: naukowy (pl)
• Portuguese: científico (pt)
• Romanian: științific (ro)
• Russian: нау́чный (ru) (naúčnyj)
• Scots: scienteefic
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: на́учан, зна̀нствен

  Roman: náučan (sh), znànstven (sh)

• Sicilian: scintìficu
• Slovene: znánstven (sl)
• Spanish: científico (es)
• Swedish: vetenskaplig (sv)
• Tagalog: siyentipiko
• Tajik: илмӣ (tg) (ilmī)
• Turkish: bilimsel (tr)
• Ukrainian: науко́вий (naukóvyj)
• Vietnamese: khoa học (vi)
• Volapük: nolavik (vo)
• West Frisian: wittenskiplik
• Yiddish: וויסנשאַפֿטלעך‎ (visnshaftlekh)

See also

• academic

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Interlingua

Adjective

scientific (not comparable)

1. scientific

Related terms

• scientia
• scientista

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Ladin

Adjective

scientific m pl

1. plural of scientifich

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjentiˈfik/

Adjective

scientific m (feminine singular scientifica, masculine plural scientifics, feminine plural scientificas)

1. scientific, scientifical

Derived terms

• scientificament

Noun

scientific m (plural scientifics, feminine scientifica, feminine plural scientificas)

1. scientist

Related terms

• sciéncia f