/ ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk; NAmE / adjective [ usually before noun ]
1.
involving science; connected with science :
a scientific discovery
scientific knowledge
sites of scientific interest
2.
( of a way of doing sth or thinking ) careful and logical :
He took a very scientific approach to management.
We need to be more scientific about this problem.
OPP unscientific
—compare non-scientific
► sci·en·tif·ic·al·ly / -kli; NAmE / adverb
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from French scientifique or late Latin scientificus producing knowledge, from scientia , from scire know. Early use described the liberal arts as opposed to the “mechanic” arts (i.e. arts requiring manual skill).