1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Empirical

Definition of Empirical in English :

Define Empirical in English

Empirical meaning in English

Meaning of Empirical in English

Pronunciation of Empirical in English

Empirical pronunciation in English

Pronounce Empirical in English

Empirical

see synonyms of empirical

Adjective

1. empiric, empirical

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

Example Sentences:
'an empirical basis for an ethical theory'
'empirical laws'
'empirical data'
'an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known'

2. empiric, empirical

relying on medical quackery

Example Sentences:
'empiric treatment'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Empirical

see synonyms of empirical
adjective
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 (sense 4), synthetic (sense 4)
4. 
of or relating to medical quackery
noun
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

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Empirical

see synonyms of empirical
adjective
1. 
relying or based solely on experiment and observation rather than theory
the empirical method
2. 
relying or based on practical experience without reference to scientific principles
an empirical remedy

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Empirical

see synonyms of empirical
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

goliath

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches