the scientific method
noun
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: the process that is used by scientists for testing ideas and theories by using experiments and careful observation
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The basis of science is the scientific method which seeks to formulate questions to arrive at deeper answers to important questions.
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Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
People who love science, including me and far brighter heads such as Richard Dawkins and Bertrand Russell, might tend to lose themselves in science, the wonders that science illuminates and the application of the scientific method.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Through years in medical school and residency training physicians are imbued in the scientific method.
—Primary Care Physicians, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2025
Socrates searching for truth, Rembrandt embodying compassion, Locke developing enlightenment liberalism, Francis Bacon pioneering the scientific method.
—David Brooks, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
People who love science, including me and far brighter heads such as Richard Dawkins and Bertrand Russell, might tend to lose themselves in science, the wonders that science illuminates and the application of the scientific method.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Through years in medical school and residency training physicians are imbued in the scientific method.
—Primary Care Physicians, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2025
Socrates searching for truth, Rembrandt embodying compassion, Locke developing enlightenment liberalism, Francis Bacon pioneering the scientific method.
—David Brooks, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the scientific method
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“The scientific method.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20scientific%20method. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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