SCIENTIFIC


Meaning of SCIENTIFIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ saɪəntɪfɪk ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Scientific is used to describe things that relate to science or to a particular science.

Scientific research is widely claimed to be the source of the high standard of living in the US.

...the use of animals in scientific experiments.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• sci‧en‧tifi‧cal‧ly

...scientifically advanced countries.

ADV

2.

If you do something in a scientific way, you do it carefully and thoroughly, using experiments or tests.

It’s not a scientific way to test their opinions.

= systematic

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• sci‧en‧tifi‧cal‧ly

Efforts are being made to research it scientifically.

ADV

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