Examples of 'empirical' in a sentence

Meaning of "empirical"

Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic
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  • Pertaining to or based on experience (often, in contrast with having a basis in theoretical explanation).
  • Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
  • Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

How to use "empirical" in a sentence

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Empirical data from household surveys are used.
To dismiss the empirical with foolish emotionalism.
Empirical observation shows two broad categories.
I was not aware there was empirical evidence to support it.
The empirical equation to be estimated is the following.
This is a theoretical and empirical exploratory research.
Empirical work on growth effects was inherently complicated.
Phong reflection is an empirical model of local illumination.
Empirical critical loads for boreal ecosystems.
These factors are based on empirical loading information.
Empirical and peer reviewed literature as foundation.
An extensive review of available empirical research was undertaken.
Bridging empirical and calculated critical loads.
And in the light of unctad empirical studies.
Empirical research provides some promising leads.

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Our belief system is based on empirical evidence.
C is an empirical coefficient given in the following table.
Whether or not this holds is an empirical question.
Empirical studies of outlet substitution bias are rare.
We can thus summarize our empirical results.
The empirical record of transport sector decentralisation.
Refined and finalized based on empirical data.
An empirical assessment in developing and transition economies.
When you think thoughts that are empirical.
Empirical will stand the test of time.
Consider parameters for empirical krill model.
The empirical results are presented in section four.
The second part of the argument is empirical.
Determine the empirical formula of this halogenide.
Assessing their effects is therefore an empirical issue.
Our empirical strategy is descriptive and comparative.
And the other is the empirical formula.
The empirical method was employed in determining radius.
Main fi ndings from the empirical analysis.
Main empirical evidence in the brazilian market.
This ambiguity is reflected in the empirical literature.
Empirical therapeutic test with acid suppression.
Everything we are experiencing has to have an empirical explanation.
Empirical data were collected by means of a semistructured interview.
This theory needs further empirical support.
The empirical material was triangulated in three stages.
Both theories have solid empirical evidence.
Empirical intuitions are intuitions that contain sensation.
The contribution of this paper is empirical in character.
Both empirical and theoretical research are encouraged.
It is still regarded as a classic study in empirical mathematics.
This set of empirical measurements is called a sample.
Both suffered from a lack of empirical data.
About the empirical work we have gathered.
Neoevolutionism stresses the importance of empirical evidence.

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