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1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• empirical (adjective)

empirical

/ɪmˈpirɪkəl/

adjective

also

empiric

/ɪmˈpirɪk/

empirical

/ɪmˈpirɪkəl/

adjective

also

empiric

/ɪmˈpirɪk/

Britannica Dictionary definition of EMPIRICAL

:

based on testing or experience

• They collected plenty of empirical data/evidence from their experiments.
• empirical laws

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— empirically

/ɪmˈpirɪkli/

adverb

• Her theory had not yet been tested empirically.

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