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SCIENTIFIC METHOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scientific method mean? 

SCIENTIFIC METHOD (noun)
  The noun SCIENTIFIC METHOD has 1 sense:

1. a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypothesesplay

  Familiarity information: SCIENTIFIC METHOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCIENTIFIC METHOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("scientific method" is a kind of...):

methodology (the system of methods followed in a particular discipline)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scientific method"):

experimental method (the use of controlled observations and measurements to test hypotheses)


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