"prescientific" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From pre- + scientific. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|scientific}} pre- + scientific Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prescientific (not comparable)
  1. Prior to the development of modern science. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prescientific-en-adj-Bs0K5DlQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prescientific (not comparable)
  1. (rare) Exhibiting or relating to prescience; prescient. Tags: not-comparable, rare
    Sense id: en-prescientific-en-adj-aCy32wYz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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