Of, relating to, or employing the methodology of science, Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science, the method employed in exact science and consisting of_ (a) Careful and abundant observation and experiment. (b) generalization of the results into formulated ?Laws? and statements

A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods, the system of methods followed in a particular discipline, The implementation of such methods etc