sci-, -science, -sciently, -scientific, -scientifically, -scient, -sciently +
(Latin: to know, to learn; knowledge)
No knowledge of a science can be properly acquired until the terminology of that science is mastered, and this terminology is in the main of Greek and Latin origin.
—Spencer Trotter
Scientia est potentia.
Knowledge is power.
Motto of Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, USA.
Scientia et industria cum probitate.
Knowledge and diligence with uprightness.
Motto of Lincoln College, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Scientia et pietas.
Knowledge and piety.
Motto of Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia, USA.
Scientia et sapientia.
Knowledge and wisdom.
Motto of Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, USA.
sciential
1. Of or pertaining to knowledge or science.
2. Sciential faith; faith resting on demonstrative evidence.
3. Endowed with knowledge.
Scientia sol mentis.
Knowledge, the sun of the mind.
Motto of Delaware College, USA.
Scientia vera cum fide pura.
True knowledge with pure faith.
Motto of Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, USA.
scientific
1. Producing knowledge, demonstrative.
2. Of or pertaining to science or the sciences; of the nature of science.
3. Of an art, practice, operation, or method; based upon or regulated by science, as opposed to mere traditional rules or empirical dexterity.
4. The organized body of knowledge which is derived from such observations and that can be verified or tested by further investigation.
5. Guided by a knowledge of science, acting according to scientific principles.
scientifically
1. In a scientific manner; according to the laws of science; by means of "scientific" or demonstrative reasoning.
2. Systematically, methodically, thoroughly.
scientific computer
A type of computer used in scientific applications, characterized by complex computations involving floating-point arithmetic.
scientific creationism
The belief that the theory of creationism; such as, that the universe was created in essentially its present form by a supernatural being (God), is supported by scientific evidence as well as by Biblical commentary.
Examples include, the argument that the fossil record does not provide evidence of evolution, or that modern cosmological theories; such as, the Bib Bang theory do not explain the ultimate origin of matter.
scientific method
1. A method of inquiry depending on the reciprocal interplay of observable data and generalizations.
It consists typically of the statement of a problem and the accumulation and analysis of relevant data that may lead to the construction of a hypothesis, in turn tested by the reliability and accuracy of deductions from it and by its consistency with other hypotheses and observed data.
2. An organized approach to problem-solving that includes collecting data, formulating a hypothesis and testing it objectively, interpreting results, and stating conclusions that can be independently evaluated and tested by others.
The roots of this method are traced to ancient Greece; especially, Aristotle, and to the medieval scholar Roger Bacon, but its development is generally associated more with such 17th-century scientists as, Francis Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, and Newton.
—Number 2 (above) is based on information from
Dictionary of Energy; Editors Cutler J. Cleveland and Christopher Morris;
Published by Elsevier Ltd.; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2006; page 388.
scientific misconduct
Conduct on the part of a scientist who willfully damages the integrity of scientific research; such as, plagiarism or falsification or fabrication of data.
Scientiis, artibus, religioni.
By knowledge, by art, by religion.
Motto of Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, USA.
scientism
1. The habit and mode of expression of a man of science.
2. A term applied (frequently in a derogatory manner) to a belief in the omnipotence of scientific knowledge and techniques; also, to the view that the methods of study appropriate to physical science can replace those used in other fields; such as, philosophy and, especially, human behavior and the social sciences.
3. The belief that scientific methods of evaluation and scientific terminology can (and should) be applied in other disciplines; such as, the social sciences or the humanities.
Related articles about science:
"Science Race";
STEM, Part 1;
STEM, Part 2;
Scientific Specialties.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "know, knowledge; learn, learning":
cogni-;
discip-;
gno-;
histor-;
intellect-;
learn, know;
math-;
sap-;
sopho-.