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empirical
empiricalverifiable: empirical evidence; practical; pragmatic; derived from or guided by experience or experiment
Not to be confused with:empiric – a person who depends on experience or observation alone; a quack; charlatanem·pir·i·cal E0117100 (ĕm-pîr′ĭ-kəl)adj.1. a. Relying on or derived from observation or experiment: empirical results that supported the hypothesis.b. Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment: empirical laws.2. Guided by practical experience and not theory, especially in medicine.
em·pir′i·cal·ly adv.empirical (ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl) , empiric or empiricuticadj1. derived from or relating to experiment and observation rather than theory2. (Medicine) (of medical treatment) based on practical experience rather than scientific proof3. (Philosophy) philosophy a. (of knowledge) derived from experience rather than by logic from first principles. Compare a priori, a posteriorib. (of a proposition) subject, at least theoretically, to verification. Compare analytic4, synthetic44. (Medicine) of or relating to medical quackeryn (Statistics) 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 emˈpirically adv emˈpiricalness nem•pir•i•cal (ɛmˈpɪr ɪ kəl)
adj. 1. derived from experience or experiment. 2. depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, esp. in medicine. 3. verifiable by experience or experiment. [1560–70] em•pir′i•cal•ly, adv. em·pir·i·cal (ĕm-pîr′ĭ-kəl) Relying on or derived from observation or experiment rather than theory: empirical results prove the theory.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | empirical - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"empirictheoretic, theoretical - concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science" | | 2. | empirical - relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment"empiricarchaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression |
empirical empiricadjective first-hand, direct, observed, practical, actual, experimental, pragmatic, factual, experiential There is no empirical evidence to support his theory.
assumed, academic, speculative, hypothetical, putative, theoretic(al), conjecturalTranslationsempirical
empirical1. (of medical treatment) based on practical experience rather than scientific proof 2. Philosophya. (of knowledge) derived from experience rather than by logic from first principles b. (of a proposition) subject, at least theoretically, to verification 3. of or relating to medical quackery empirical - derived from systematic observation or experiment, as against speculative assertion or merely theoretical knowledge.
- factually true but, as yet, theoretically unexplained. See also EMPIRICISM, ABSTRACTED EMPIRICISM, EMPIRICAL SOCIOLOGY.
empirical[em′pir·ə·kəl] (science and technology) Based on actual measurement, observation, or experience, rather than on theory. empirical
empirical [em-pir´ĭ-k'l] based on experience; determined from experimental data, as opposed to theoretical.empirical (ĕm-pîr′ĭ-kəl)adj.1. a. Relying on or derived from observation or experiment: empirical results that supported the hypothesis.b. Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment: empirical laws.2. Guided by practical experience and not theory, especially in medicine.
em·pir′i·cal·ly adv.empirical Medtalk adjective Based on experience or observational information and not necessarily on proven scientific dataempirical
Related to empirical: Empirical probabilitySynonyms for empiricaladj first-handSynonyms- first-hand
- direct
- observed
- practical
- actual
- experimental
- pragmatic
- factual
- experiential
Antonyms- assumed
- academic
- speculative
- hypothetical
- putative
- theoretic(al)
- conjectural
Synonyms for empiricaladj derived from experiment and observation rather than theorySynonymsAntonymsadj relying on medical quackerySynonymsRelated Words |