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say it: sahy-uhn-TIF-ik
scientific is an adjective meaning "of or relating to the practice of science". It is pronounced /ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/ — sahy-uhn-TIF-ik. It carries 2 recorded senses.
of or relating to the practice of science
“scientific journals”
conforming with the principles or methods used in science
“a scientific approach”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for scientific come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.