单词 | empirical |
释义 | Word Frequency empirical(ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl), empiric (ɛmˈpɪrɪk) or empiricutic (ɛmˌpɪrɪˈkjuːtɪk) adjective 1. derived from or relating to experiment and observation rather than theory 2. (of medical treatment) based on practical experience rather than scientific proof 3. philosophy a. (of knowledge) derived from experience rather than by logic from first principles Compare a priori, a posteriori b. (of a proposition) subject, at least theoretically, to verification Compare analytic (sense 4), synthetic (sense 4)4. of or relating to medical quackery noun 5. statistics the posterior probability of an event derived on the basis of its observed frequency in a sample Compare mathematical probability , See also posterior probability Derived forms empirically (emˈpirically) adverb empiricalness (emˈpiricalness) noun |
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