empirical
A measurement or result achieved by empirical meansA measurement or result achieved by empirical means.
» Grammar is an empirical science, not a theoretical one.
Граматика — емпірична, а не теоретична наука. — deniko
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1 sensesA measurement or result achieved by empirical means.
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9 sentencesGrammar is an empirical science, not a theoretical one.
Граматика — емпірична, а не теоретична наука. — deniko
Lysenkoism is what happens when ideology is placed above empirical evidence.
As of yet there has been no empirical research done on this subject.
The empirical data from this experiment seems in line with the theoretical hypotheses.
"All humans are mortal" is an empirical observation based on millennia of experience.
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plural: empiricals| Singular | empirical |
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