"scientific method" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-scientific method.ogg [Mid-Atlantic, US], en-au-scientific_method.ogg [Australia] Forms: scientific methods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scientific method (plural scientific methods)
  1. (sciences) 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. Categories (topical): Sciences Related terms: scientific methodology, empirical, falsifiability, historical method, hypothesis, method, Occam’s razor, scholarly method Translations (method of discovering knowledge): اَلْمِنْهَج الْعِلْمِيّ (al-minhaj al-ʕilmiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), 科學方法 (Chinese Mandarin), 科学方法 (kēxué fāngfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), vědecká metoda [feminine] (Czech), tieteellinen menetelmä (Finnish), méthode scientifique [feminine] (French), método científico [masculine] (Galician), მეცნიერული მეთოდი (mecnieruli metodi) (Georgian), wissenschaftliche Methode [feminine] (German), επιστημονική μέθοδος (epistimonikí méthodos) [feminine] (Greek), tudományos módszer (Hungarian), metodo scientifico [masculine] (Italian), 科学的方法 (kagakuteki hōhō) (alt: かがくてきほうほう) (Japanese), 과학적 방법 (gwahakjeok bangbeop) (Korean), научен метод (naučen metod) [masculine] (Macedonian), روش علمی (raveš-e 'elmi) (Persian), metoda naukowa [feminine] (Polish), método científico [masculine] (Portuguese), metodă științifică (Romanian), нау́чный ме́тод (naúčnyj métod) [masculine] (Russian), método científico [masculine] (Spanish), pamamaraang pang-agham (Tagalog), ylmy usul (Turkmen), phương pháp khoa học (Vietnamese)

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