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Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.

Scientific. Locke.

In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science. It is easier to believe than to be scientifically instructed. Locke.

her higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. "Academic courses." Warburton. "Academical study." Berkeley.

Of no particular kind or character; anomalous. Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. Hare. -- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n.

The scientific or systematic study of honey bees.

A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

A literary or scientific association or club.

ertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.

(Card Playing) Whist played in an unscientific way.

to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat. Caloric expands all bodies. Henry.

A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.

An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects. Gray. These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card assemblies. A. Drummond.

Scientific examination of the cranium.

ecretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.]

ibe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term. They define virtue to be life ordered according to nature. Robynson (More's Utopia).

ly determined by motives. Its superior suitability to produce courage, as contrasted with scientific physical determinism, is obvious. F. P. Cobbe.

Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.

Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one. Indicator diagram. (Steam Engine) See Indicator card, under indicator