empirical
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:55 pm
The reason teens believe they know it all is they have no empircal knowledge. Oh how I long for those idyllic empirical-less daysempirical
Dictionary
em·pir·i·cal (ĕm-pîr'ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Relying on or derived from observation or experiment: empirical results that supported the hypothesis.
Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment: empirical laws.
Guided by practical experience and not theory, especially in medicine.
em·pir'i·cal·ly adv.
Medical
em·pir·i·cal (ĕm-pēr'ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Relying on or derived from observation or experiment.
Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment.
Of or being a philosophy of medicine emphasizing practical experience and observation over scientific theory.
em·pir'i·cal·ly adv.
The adjective empirical has one meaning:
Meaning #1: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
Antonym: theoretical (meaning #1)
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Katy