a00858917
type | a |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | derived from experiment and observation rather than theory |
examples | an empirical basis for an ethical theory empirical laws empirical data an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known |
Outgoing links | |
Derivationally related form | empiric → empiricism |
Derivationally related form | empirical → empiricism |
Antonym | empirical → theoretical |
Similar to | a posteriori; confirmable, verifiable, falsifiable; experiential, existential; experimental, data-based, observational; experimental; semiempirical; trial-and-error |
Incoming links | |
Similar to | a posteriori; confirmable, verifiable, falsifiable; experiential, existential; experimental, data-based, observational; experimental; semiempirical; trial-and-error |
Antonym | theoretical → empirical |
Derived from adjective | empirically → empirical |
Derivationally related form | empiricism → empiric |
Derivationally related form | empiricism → empirical |
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