scientific

• scientifick (obsolete)

Borrowed from Middle French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus (“pertaining to science”).

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ(.ə)n.ʈɨ.fɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪfɪk

scientific (comparative more scientific, superlative most scientific)

2. Related or connected to science:
   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 9:

     There is also in these matters of Science (though many scientific men would doubtless deny this) a great deal of "Fashion".

   • 2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 4 April 2012, page 87:

     In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.

   2. Derived from or consistent with the scientific method.
   4. In accord with the procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.^[1]
      • 2025 July 17, Aaron Reich, quoting Uri Geller, “Uri Geller: Israel used secret group of military psychics, AI to attack Iran”, in The Jerusalem Post‎^[2], Jpost Inc., archived from the original on 17 July 2025:

        “The circumstances in Iran were so mysterious and so bizarre that the Iranian government realized that this cannot happen with mechanical means or cyberattacks. They cannot happen with anything known to the human mind from a scientific point of view,” he explained.

• (having to do with science): See also Thesaurus:scientific
• (consistent with the scientific method):
• (in accord with procedures): methodical, systematic; see also Thesaurus:methodical

• academic

scientific (not comparable)

1. scientific

• scientia
• scientista

scientific m pl

1. plural of scientifich

• IPA^(key): /sjentiˈfik/

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scientific m (feminine singular scientifica, masculine plural scientifics, feminine plural scientificas)

1. scientific, scientifical

• scientificament

scientific m (plural scientifics, feminine scientifica, feminine plural scientificas)

1. scientist

• sciéncia f

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[3], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 898
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[4], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 590

scientific m or n (feminine singular scientifică, masculine plural scientifici, feminine/neuter plural scientifice)

1. obsolete form of științific

• scientific in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN