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empirical

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. empirical (adjective)
  2. empirical formula (noun)

em·pir·i·cal

adj \-i-kəl\

Definition of EMPIRICAL

1
: originating in or based on observation or experience <empirical data>
2
: relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory <an empirical basis for the theory>
3
: capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment <empirical laws>
4
: of or relating to empiricism
— em·pir·i·cal·ly\-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Variants of EMPIRICAL

em·pir·i·cal also em·pir·ic \-ik\

Examples of EMPIRICAL

  1. They collected plenty of empirical data from their experiments.
  2. <guidelines for raising children that are based on empirical evidence>

First Known Use of EMPIRICAL

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