scientific

scientific
    adj 1: of or relating to the practice of science; "scientific
           journals"
    2: conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a
       scientific approach" [ant: {unscientific}]
    

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.
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   2. Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of
      science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific
      arrangement of fossils.
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   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.
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            Bossuet is as scientific in the structure of his
            sentences.                            --Landor.
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   {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.
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69 Moby Thesaurus words for "scientific":
      close, constant, delicate, detailed, direct, disciplinary,
      down-to-earth, earthy, even, exact, express, faithful, fine,
      hardheaded, inerrable, inerrant, infallible, mathematical,
      matter-of-fact, methodical, meticulous, micrometrically precise,
      microscopic, nice, orderly, painstaking, pinpoint, positivistic,
      practical, practical-minded, pragmatic, precise, rational, realist,
      realistic, reasonable, refined, religious, religiously exact,
      rigid, rigorous, sane, scholarly, scientifically exact,
      scientistic, secular, sensible, severe, sober-minded, sound,
      sound-thinking, square, straight-thinking, strict, subtle,
      systematic, technical, technicological, technological, thorough,
      undeviating, unerring, unideal, unidealistic, unromantic,
      unsentimental, well-ordered, well-regulated, worldly