单词 | empirical |
释义 | em·pir·i·cal or em·pir·ic 1. archaic a. b. c. 2. a. < empirical law > < an empirical equation > < an empirical basis for an ethical theory > also < an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known > < much medical lore had had an empirical origin … centuries of trial-and-error gropings after remedies — R.H.Shryock > < agriculture from its primitive beginnings has been an individualistic, unorganized, empirical business — Yrbk. of Agriculture > b. < empirical data > < the psychoanalysts have had no trouble in finding empirical confirmation for their theories — H.M.Parshley > < an immense mass of evidence, gathered by empirical investigation — Newsweek > 3. < empirical statements or laws > • em·pir·i·cal·ly • em·pir·i·cal·ness |
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