scientific

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• scientifick

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

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AdjectiveEdit

scientific (comparative more scientific, superlative most scientific)

1. Of, or having to do with science.
   • 2012 January 1, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist^[1], volume 100, number 1, 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.

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.

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• pseudoscientific
• scientifical

• scientific method
• scientificness

Related termsEdit

• science
• scientificity
• scientist

TranslationsEdit

of or having to do with science

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

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

• Crimean Tatar: ilmiy
• Czech: vědecký (cs) m
• Dutch: wetenschappelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: sciencista
• Estonian: teaduslik
• Finnish: tieteellinen (fi)
• French: scientifique (fr) m, f
• Galician: científico (gl)
• German: wissenschaftlich (de)
• Greek: επιστημονικός (el) (epistimonikós)
• Haitian Creole: syantifik
• Hebrew: מדעי‏‎ (madai)
• Hungarian: tudományos (hu)
• Indonesian: ilmiah (id)
• Italian: scientifico (it)
• Japanese: 科学的 (かがくてき, kagakuteki)
• Ladino: sientifiko

• Latvian: zinātnisks
• Lithuanian: mokslinis m
• Luxembourgish: wëssenschaftlech
• Macedonian: научен (naučen)
• Malay: saintifik
• Maltese: xjentifiku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vitenskapelig (no)

• Persian: علمی‏‎ (fa) (elmi)
• Polish: naukowy (pl)
• Portuguese: científico (pt) m, científica f
• Romanian: științific (ro), științifică (ro) f
• Russian: нау́чный (ru) (naúčnyj)
• Scots: scienteefic
• Serbo-Croatian: naučan (sh), znanstven (sh)
• Slovene: znánstven (sl)
• Spanish: científico (es)
• Swedish: vetenskaplig (sv)
• Tajik: илмӣ (tg) (ilmī)
• Turkish: bilimsel (tr)
• Ukrainian: науковий (naukóvyj)
• Vietnamese: khoa học (vi)
• Volapük: nolavik (vo)
• West Frisian: wittenskiplik
• Yiddish: וויסנשאַפֿטלעך‏‎ (visnshaftlekh)

See alsoEdit

• academic

ReferencesEdit

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LadinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

scientific m pl

1. plural of scientifich

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OccitanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sjentiˈfik/

AdjectiveEdit

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

1. scientific, scientifical

Derived termsEdit

• scientificament

NounEdit

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

1. scientist

Related termsEdit

• sciéncia f