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Scientific fact   /sˌaɪəntˈɪfɪk fækt/   Listen
Scientific fact

noun
1.
An observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final).





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"Scientific fact" Quotes from Famous Books



... that every science is built up: a scientific fact is a centre on which several different observations converge.[170] Each observation is subject to chances of error which cannot be entirely eliminated; but if several observations agree, this can hardly be in virtue of a common ...
— Introduction to the Study of History • Charles V. Langlois
... and use of refrigerators are based on the well-known scientific fact that air expands and rises when it becomes warm. This can be proved by testing the air near the ceiling of a room, for no matter how warm it is near the floor it will always be warmer above. The same thing occurs in a refrigerator. As air comes in contact with the ice, it is cooled and falls, ...
— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 - Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences


Words linked to "Scientific fact" :   observation


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