scientific

CEFRA2

/ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/

adjective

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Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious.
Scientific knowledge has greatly advanced since the 16th century.

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Derived from or consistent with the scientific method.
In accord with the procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.

In context

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

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There is also in these matters of Science (though many scientific men would doubtless deny this) a great deal of "Fashion".
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 9
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.
2012 January 26, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2012, page 87
“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.
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, Jpost Inc., archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025

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