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# scientific

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

«scientific» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Scientific means to do with science. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x1)
- Use scientific words like «evaporate» in your report. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x2)
- There is scientific evidence that exercise is good for you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x3)
- The scientific name for a human is Homo sapiens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x4)
- Let's be scientific and measure it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/#x5)
- Scientists share scientific discoveries in journals. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

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.

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scientific» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scientific/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scientific» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scientific.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «scientific» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scientific/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scientific» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/scientific.html) on Mova free.