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empirical  


      adj  
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     →   4     →   synthetic     →   4  
4    of or relating to medical quackery  
      n  
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  
♦   empirically      adv  
♦   empiricalness      n  

empirical formula  
      n  
1    a chemical formula indicating the proportion of each element present in a molecule  
C6H12O6 is the molecular formula of sucrose whereas CH2O is its empirical formula         Compare     →   molecular formula     →   structural formula  
2    a formula or expression obtained from experimental data rather than theory  
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empirical      , empiric  
experiential, experimental, first-hand, observed, practical, pragmatic  
  
Antonyms     
   academic, assumed, conjectural, hypothetical, putative, speculative, theoretic, theoretical  

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empirical
adj.
Based on scientific testing or practical experience, not on ideas
I found out that the distance from the pond doesn't affect the number of plants from the empirical data I collected.

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