semiscientific

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adjective

Partially scientific; having or using certain aspects of science.

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Meanings

adjectivesemiscientific (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePartially scientific; having or using certain aspects of science.

    League officials set the thresholds for suspension — on the seventh technical foul or the fourth flagrant-foul point — using a semiscientific approach.

    2009 June 4, Howard Beck, “Numbers Crunched for Discipline Rules”, in New York Times

Origin

From semi- + scientific.

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APA

semiscientific. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiscientific

MLA

“semiscientific.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiscientific. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semiscientific,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiscientific.

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