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empirical

Syllabification: (em·pir·i·cal)
Pronunciation: /emˈpirikəl/
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Definition of empirical

adjective

  • based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic:they provided considerable empirical evidence to support their argument

Derivatives

empirically

adverb

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