Scientific — Sci en*tif ic, a. [F. scientifique; L. scientia science + facere to make.] 1. Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations. [1913 Webster] 2. Agreeing with, or depending on … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scientific method — Scientific Sci en*tif ic, a. [F. scientifique; L. scientia science + facere to make.] 1. Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations. [1913 Webster] 2. Agreeing with, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Principles of War — The Principles of War were tenets originally proposed by Carl von Clausewitz in his essay Principles or War [ [http://www.clausewitz.com/CWZHOME/PrincWar/Princwr1.htm#I] , Gatzke] , and later enlarged in his book, On War . Since the mid 19th… … Wikipedia
Scientific American — Infobox Journal title= Scientific American abbreviation= Sci Am discipline= Interdisciplinary language= English website= http://www.sciam.com/ publisher= Scientific American, Inc. country= USA history= 1845 to present ISSN = 0036 8733 Scientific… … Wikipedia
Scientific demonstration — A scientific demonstration is a scientific experiment carried out for the purposes of demonstrating scientific principles, rather than for hypothesis testing or knowledge gathering (although they may originally have been carried out for these… … Wikipedia
Scientific evidence — is evidence which serves to either support or counter a scientific theory or hypothesis Fact|date=October 2007. Such evidence is expected to be empirical and properly documented in accordance with scientific method such as is applicable to the… … Wikipedia
Scientific racism — denotes the use of scientific, or ostensibly scientific, findings and methods to support or validate racist attitudes and worldviews. It is based on belief in the existence and significance of racial categories, but extends this into a hierarchy… … Wikipedia
Scientific skepticism — or rational skepticism (also spelled scepticism), sometimes referred to as skeptical inquiry, is a scientific or practical, epistemological position in which one questions the veracity of claims lacking empirical evidence. In practice, the term… … Wikipedia
scientific — [sī΄ən tif′ik] adj. [ML scientificus, learned, lit., making knowledge (see SCIENCE & FIC), orig. erroneous transl. of Gr epistēmonikos, pertaining to knowledge] 1. of or dealing with science [scientific study] 2. used in or for natural science… … English World dictionary
Scientific theories regarding acupuncture — Scientific studies have been conducted concerning the hypothesized principles underlying the proposed mechanism of action of acupuncture. Nerve reflex theoryThe nerve reflex theory (developed by Ishikawa and Fujita et al. in the 1950s) proposed… … Wikipedia
scientific method — n principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses … Medical dictionary