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seye-uh-n-TIF-ik/ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

Scientific means connected with science and its methods. Science and scientist are already in the dictionary. Academic is wider. Exam timetables: the scientific method paper is in the morning, not with English.

Meaning

Connected with science and with testing ideas by evidence.

Examples

• “The scientific method paper is in the morning, not with English.”
• “A scientific sample size is an n, not a staff anecdote in the minutes.”

Good to know

scientific + method / evidence / paper. Noun: science. Person: a scientist. Exams / research. Not “scientifical”.

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