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# scientific

«scientific» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with science** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (scientific, more scientific, most scientific); adverb scientifically

### meaning for a pupil

1) Scientific means to do with science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#m1)

2) Scientific means done in a careful, organised way, using tests and evidence, like a scientist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science lessons: scientific method — ask a question, predict, plan a fair test, observe, measure, record results and conclude; scientific words (vocabulary); scientific diagrams. Everyday life: a scientific way of checking facts. Phrases: scientific experiment, scientific method, scientific evidence, scientific name.

### examples

- We did a scientific experiment with plants and light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x1)
- Use scientific words like «evaporate» in your report. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x2)
- There is scientific evidence that exercise is good for you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x3)
- The scientific name for a human is Homo sapiens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x4)
- Let's be scientific and measure it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x5)
- Scientists share scientific discoveries in journals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x6)
- For all these reasons, then, Celtic folk-tales are of high scientific interest to the folk-lorist, while they yield to none in imaginative and literary qualities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x7)

### note

Adverb: scientifically (not «scientificly»). «Scientific» is about the method and evidence, not just about lab coats: a careful fair test at home can be scientific. Something that sounds scientific in an advert is not always backed by evidence.

### In the corpora

- [Mind-reading acts use clues and guesses; no one has shown real mind-reading in fair scientific tests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/25/)
- [The scientific method means testing ideas by careful experiments and measurements rather than trusting old books.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/29-the-age-of-science/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scientific» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.