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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪmˈpɪrɪk^əl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(em pir′i kəl)

em•pir•i•cal /ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/USA pronunciation adj.

derived from or depending upon experience or observation alone.

em•pir•i•cal•ly, adv.
em•pir•i•cism /ɛmˈpɪrɪˌsɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

em•pir•i•cal (em pir′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj.

derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, esp. as in medicine.
provable or verifiable by experience or experiment.

empiric + -al¹ 1560–70

em•pir′i•cal•ly, adv.
em•pir′i•cal•ness, n.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

empirical /ɛmˈpɪrɪk^əl/, empiric /ɛmˈpɪrɪk/, empiricutic /ɛmˌpɪrɪˈkjuːtɪk/ adj

derived from or relating to experiment and observation rather than theory
(of medical treatment) based on practical experience rather than scientific proof
(of knowledge) derived from experience rather than by logic from first principles
(of a proposition) subject, at least theoretically, to verification
of or relating to medical quackery

emˈpiricalness n

'empirical' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Anderson - a posteriori - Carnap - category - dogmatic - empiric - empiricism - existential - experiential - experimental - Mach - metaphysical - natural theology - probability - synthetic - cut-and-try - empirical formula - folk medicine - formula - formula unit - ideal type - metapsychology - metempirical - method - molecular formula - protocol - residual - transcendentalism - transempirical - simple enumeration - structural formula

Synonyms: experiential, observational, practical, experimental, observed, more...

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