= scientific, adj. (in various senses).

= scientific, adj. (in various senses).

Concerned with the subjects or ‘sciences’ comprising a liberal education. Opposed to mechanical. Cf. science, n. 3a. Obsolete. rare.

Of a person: having knowledge of or expertise in a particular art, science, or other subject; skilled in the formal and practical techniques of a…

Of, relating to, or versed in an academic discipline or field of knowledge; of or relating to an ‘ology’.

of, relating to, or characteristic of an ‘ologist’.

Of or relating to a branch of learning or knowledge, field of study, etc. Cf. discipline, n. 7a.