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scientific methods

scientific methods is the plural of scientific method.

Meaning of scientific method

Noun

scientific method (plural scientific methods)

  1. A method of discovering knowledge about the natural world based in making falsifiable predictions (hypotheses), testing them empirically, and developing theories that match known data from repeatable physical experimentation.
    • 1858 - George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears - Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
      Mr. Payne's paper aimed at the introduction of a scientific method founded upon rational principles which were altogether unknown to the...

Questions about scientific methods

What is scientific methods the plural of?
Scientific methods is the plural of scientific method.

Words near scientific methods in the dictionary

  1. scientific materialism
  2. scientific materialisms
  3. scientific medicine
  4. scientific method
  5. scientific methodology
  6. scientific methods
  7. scientific model
  8. scientific modeling
  9. scientific models
  10. scientific name
  11. scientific names

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