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prescientifically

prescientifically adverb: prior to established science.

Adverb

prescientifically (not comparable)

  1. Prior to established science.
    • The majority of what we prescientifically called ‘water’ has more than one microstructural feature that we could have concluded distinguishes the true from the spurious samples believed to be water.2008 October 22, R. W. Fischer, “Joseph LaPorte, Natural Kinds and Conceptual Change”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI

Origin of prescientifically

From prescientific + -ally.

Questions about prescientifically

What does prescientifically mean?
Prescientifically means prior to established science.
What part of speech is prescientifically?
Prescientifically is an adverb.

Words near prescientifically in the dictionary

  1. preschools
  2. prescience
  3. presciences
  4. prescient
  5. prescientific
  6. prescientifically
  7. presciently
  8. prescind
  9. prescinded
  10. prescindent
  11. prescinding

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