SCIENTIF'IC, SCIENTIF'ICAL, adjective [Latin scientia and facio, to make.] 1. Producing certain knowledge or demonstration; as scientific evidence. 2. According to the rules or principles of science; as a scientific arrangement of fossils. 3. Well versed in science; as a scientific physician.
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