scientific Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to the practice of science
    • scientific journals
  2. adjective conforming with the principles or methods used in science
    • a scientific approach

WordNet

Sci`en*tif"ic adjective
Etymology
F. scientifique; L. scientia science + facere to make.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.
  2. Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific arrangement of fossils.
  3. Having a knowledge of science, or of a science; evincing science or systematic knowledge; as, a scientific chemist; a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.
    Bossuet is as scientific in the structure of his sentences. Lander.

Webster 1913