2. Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of
science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific
arrangement of fossils.
3. Having a knowledge of science, or of a science; evincing
science or systematic knowledge; as, a scientific chemist;
a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.
Bossuet is as scientific in the structure of his
sentences. --Landor.
{Scientific method}, the method employed in exact science and
consisting of: (a) Careful and abundant observation and
experiment. (b) generalization of the results into
formulated ``Laws'' and statements.