# scientific
## English
### Alternative forms

* scientifick

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪfɪk/
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪfɪk

### Adjective

scientific (comparative more scientific, superlative most scientific)
* Of, or having to do with 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, 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.
* Having the quality of being derived from, or consistent with, the scientific method.
* In accord with procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* antiscientific
* anti-scientific
* ascientific
* bioscientific
* counterscientific
* culturo-scientific
* cyberscientific
* e-scientific
* ethnoscientific
* extrascientific
* geoscientific
* international scientific vocabulary
* interscientific
* metascientific
* nanoscientific
* neuroscientific
* nonscientific
* non-scientific
* parascientific
* postscientific
* prescientific
* protoscientific
* pseudoscientific
* psychoscientific
* quasiscientific
* quasi-scientific
* religioscientific
* scientifical
* scientifically
* scientific calculator
* scientific classification
* scientific communism
* scientific computing
* scientific creationism
* scientific frontier
* scientific materialism
* scientific method
* scientific methodology
* scientific model
* scientific modeling
* scientific name
* scientificness
* scientific notation
* scientific paper
* scientific problem
* scientific racism
* scientific racist
* scientific research
* scientific romance
* scientific socialism
* scientific socialist
* scientifiction
* scientify
* scientize
* semiscientific
* socioscientific
* subscientific
* superscientific
* technoscientific
* telescientific
* ultrascientific
* unscientific

#### Related terms

* science
* scientificity
* scientist

#### Translations
### See also

* academic

### References

* ↑ Scientific. Dictionary.com. May 22, 2011

## Interlingua
### Adjective

scientific (not comparable)
* scientific

#### Related terms

* scientia
* scientista

## Ladin
### Adjective

scientific m pl
* plural of scientifich

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sjentiˈfik/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* scientificament

### Noun

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

### Related terms

* sciéncia f

### Further reading

* Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 898.
* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 590.

## Romanian
### Adjective

scientific m or n (feminine singular scientifică, masculine plural scientifici, feminine and neuter plural scientifice)
* Obsolete form of științific.

#### Declension
### References

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