scientific : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production
  agronomy.
  

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• noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
  science.
  
  • the science of genetics

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• noun an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final)
  

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• noun an instrument used by scientists
  

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• noun knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles
  
  • mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge

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• noun a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses
  

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• the method employed in exact science and consisting of: (a) Careful and abundant observation and experiment. (b) generalization of the results into formulated "Laws" and statements.

Webster 1913

• noun research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses
  research project.
  

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• noun a theory that explains scientific observations
  
  • scientific theories must be falsifiable

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• noun an agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts
  UNESCO.
  

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