WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sci•en•tif•ic /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/USA pronunciation
adj. working or reasoning according to a system:a scientific approach to your problems.
sci•en•tif•i•cal•ly, adv. See -sci-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [before a noun] of or relating to science or the sciences:scientific studies.
sci•en•tif•ic
(sī′ən tif′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
sci′en•tif′i•cal•ly, adv.
- Biologyof or pertaining to science or the sciences:scientific studies.
- Biologyoccupied or concerned with science:scientific experts.
- Biologyregulated by or conforming to the principles of exact science:scientific procedures.
- systematic or accurate in the manner of an exact science.
- Medieval Latin scientificus, equivalent. to scient- (see science) + -i - -i- + -ficus -fic
- 1580–90
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- fourth dimension
- ostrich
- quasi-scientifically
- viscera
- scientific creationism
- sperm bank