Empirical

Related Terms:

empiricism dühring's rule existential superempirical senses psychoempirical observationalist verifiability principle antiempirical transcendentalist testable zaitsev's rule moore's law trial and error nonempirically semiempirical flory fox equation empiricist empiricalness experimentation kiss principle instruments manning formula unempirical derive book learning empiristic scientific scientific method nonempirical faith theoretical physical critical rationalism equiempirical observations dispersivity heurism verifiable phillips curve experience okun's law empiric empyrical grassmann's law econometrics beaufort scale silsesquioxane gravitational constant anecdotal evidence squib existence science experiment

Definitions:

Adjective

empirical empiric

Definition: 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"

empiric empirical

Definition: relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment"

Definition: Pertaining to or based on experience (often, in contrast with having a basis in theoretical explanation).