SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does scientific knowledge mean?
• SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE (noun)
The noun SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE has 1 sense:
1. knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles
Familiarity information: SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE (noun)
Meaning:
Knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge
Hypernyms ("scientific knowledge" is a kind of...):
knowledge base; knowledge domain (the content of a particular domain or field of knowledge)
Meronyms (parts of "scientific knowledge"):
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
Attribute:
scientific (conforming with the principles or methods used in science)
unscientific (not consistent with the methods or principles of science)