semiscientific

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ scientific.

Adjective

semiscientific (not comparable)

1. Partially scientific; having or using certain aspects of science.
   • 2009 June 4, Howard Beck, “Numbers Crunched for Discipline Rules”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     League officials set the thresholds for suspension — on the seventh technical foul or the fourth flagrant-foul point — using a semiscientific approach.