semiscientific

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

semi- +‎ scientific

Adjective[edit]

semiscientific (not comparable)

  1. Partially scientific; having or using certain aspects of science.
    • 2009 June 4, Howard Beck, “Numbers Crunched for Discipline Rules”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      League officials set the thresholds for suspension — on the seventh technical foul or the fourth flagrant-foul point — using a semiscientific approach.
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