Meaning

3 senses
  1. Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.

    The lengths were calculated according to the empirical rules of the trade.

    For some presumptive diagnoses, empirical antibiotic therapy begins immediately, whereas specific antibiotic therapy must await the results of the culture and sensitivity test.

    empirisch, erfahrungsgemäß

    эмпири́ческийempiríčeskij

    емпіри́чнийempirýčnyj

  2. Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.

    empirisch

    эмпири́ческийempiríčeskij

    емпіри́чнийempirýčnyj

  3. Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

    demonstrable with empirical evidence

    empirisch

    эмпири́ческийempiríčeskij

More definitions
  • derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  • relying on medical quackery

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Grammar is an empirical science, not a theoretical one.

    Граматика — емпірична, а не теоретична наука. — deniko

  2. Lysenkoism is what happens when ideology is placed above empirical evidence.

  3. As of yet there has been no empirical research done on this subject.

  4. The empirical data from this experiment seems in line with the theoretical hypotheses.

  5. "All humans are mortal" is an empirical observation based on millennia of experience.

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