scientific

«scientific» in Mova's judaism 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 →

2) Scientific means done in a careful, organised way, using tests and evidence, like a scientist. tree →

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 →
• Use scientific words like «evaporate» in your report. tree →
• There is scientific evidence that exercise is good for you. tree →
• The scientific name for a human is Homo sapiens. tree →
• Let's be scientific and measure it. tree →
• Scientists share scientific discoveries in journals. tree →
• 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 →

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.
• The scientific method means testing ideas by careful experiments and measurements rather than trusting old books.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scientific» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.