Defn: Knowing; skillful. [Obs.] Cockeram.
SCIENTER
Sci*en"ter, adv. Etym: [L.] (Law)
Defn: Knowingly; willfully. Bouvier.
SCIENTIAL
Sci*en"tial, a. Etym: [LL. scientialis, fr. L. scientic.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or producing, science. [R.] Milton.
SCIENTIFIC Sci`en*tif"ic, a. Etym: [F. scientifique; L. scientia science + facere to make.]
1. Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.
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. Lander. 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.
SCIENTIFICAL
Sci`en*tif"ic*al, a.