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発音

• IPA: /ɪmˈpɪɹ.ɪ.kəl/, /ɛmˈpɪɹ.ɪ.kəl/
• (Indic) IPA: /ˈɛm.pə.rɪ.kəl/
• ハイフネーション: em‧pi‧ri‧cal

形容詞

empirical (comparative more empirical, superlative most empirical)

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

   Antonym: theoretical

   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.

   • 1861, Herbert Spencer, Education:

     The village carpenter […] lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship.

2. Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
3. (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

   Antonyms: anecdotal, theoretical

   demonstrable with empirical evidence

同意語

• empiric

反意語

• nonempirical

等位語

• conceptual
• theoretical
• anecdotal

派生語

関連する語

• empiricism
• empiricist

名詞

empirical (plural empiricals)

1. A measurement or result achieved by empirical means.

参考

• empirical evidence
• anecdotal evidence
• trial and error
• empyrical

Further reading

• “empirical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “empirical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “empirical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Raymond Williams (1983), “Empirical”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 115.