scientific

[ sahy-uh n-tif-ik ]
/ ˌsaɪ ənˈtɪf ɪk /

adjective

of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
occupied or concerned with science: scientific experts.
regulated by or conforming to the principles of exact science: scientific procedures.
systematic or accurate in the manner of an exact science.

Origin of scientific

1580–90; < Medieval Latin scientificus, equivalent to scient- (see science) + -i - -i- + -ficus -fic

OTHER WORDS FROM scientific

Words nearby scientific

science museum, science park, scienter, scientia est potentia, sciential, scientific, scientific content analysis, scientific creationism, scientific empiricism, scientific method, scientific name

Example sentences from the Web for prescientific

  • The problem of the connection of body and soul is as insoluble, in its modern form, as it was in the prescientific ages.

    Fragments of science, V. 1-2 |John Tyndall

  • But why keep alive and circulate as truth these animal legends of the prescientific ages?

    The Last Harvest |John Burroughs

  • In what we may term "prescientific days" people were in no uncertainty about the interpretation of dreams.

    Dream Psychology |Sigmund Freud

British Dictionary definitions for prescientific (1 of 2)

prescientific
/ (ˌpriːsaɪənˈtɪfɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to the period before the development of modern science and its methods

British Dictionary definitions for prescientific (2 of 2)

scientific
/ (ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk) /

adjective

(prenominal) of, relating to, derived from, or used in science scientific equipment
(prenominal) occupied in science scientific manpower
conforming with the principles or methods used in science a scientific approach

Derived forms of scientific

scientifically, adverb