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EmpiricEmpiric Em*pir"ic, Empirical Em*pir"ic*al, a.
1. Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience;
depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in
experiments.
In philosophical language, the term empirical means
simply what belongs to or is the product of
experience or observation. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by
empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship. --H.
Spencer.
2. Depending upon experience or observation alone, without
due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of
medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and
deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.
Empirical formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.
Syn: See Transcendental. EmpiricalEmpiric Em*pir"ic, Empirical Em*pir"ic*al, a.
1. Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience;
depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in
experiments.
In philosophical language, the term empirical means
simply what belongs to or is the product of
experience or observation. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by
empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship. --H.
Spencer.
2. Depending upon experience or observation alone, without
due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of
medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and
deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.
Empirical formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.
Syn: See Transcendental. Empirical formulaEmpiric Em*pir"ic, Empirical Em*pir"ic*al, a.
1. Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience;
depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in
experiments.
In philosophical language, the term empirical means
simply what belongs to or is the product of
experience or observation. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by
empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship. --H.
Spencer.
2. Depending upon experience or observation alone, without
due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of
medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and
deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.
Empirical formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.
Syn: See Transcendental. Empirical formulaFormula For"mu*la, n.; pl. E. Formulas, L. Formul[ae].
[L., dim. of forma form, model. SeeForm, n.]
1. A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or
conventional method in which anything is to be done,
arranged, or said.
2. (Eccl.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement
of foctrines.
3. (Math.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic
language; as, the binominal formula.
4. (Med.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a
medicinal compound.
5. (Chem.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters,
figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a
compound.
Note: Chemical formul[ae] consist of the abbreviations of the
names of the elements, with a small figure at the lower
right hand, to denote the number of atoms of each
element contained.
Empirical formula (Chem.), an expression which gives the
simple proportion of the constituents; as, the empirical
formula of acetic acid is C2H4O2.
Graphic formula, Rational formula (Chem.), an expression
of the constitution, and in a limited sense of the
structure, of a compound, by the grouping of its atoms or
radicals; as, a rational formula of acetic acid is
CH3.(C:O).OH; -- called also structural formula,
constitutional formula, etc. See also the formula of
Benzene nucleus, under Benzene.
Molecular formula (Chem.), a formula indicating the
supposed molecular constitution of a compound. Empirically
Empirically Em*pir"ic*al*ly, adv.
By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner
of quacks.
Empiricism
Empiricism Em*pir"i*cism, n.
1. The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge
by observation and experiment.
2. Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere
experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of
principles; ignorant and unscientific practice;
charlatanry; quackery.
3. (Metaph.) The philosophical theory which attributes the
origin of all our knowledge to experience.
Empiricist
Empiricist Em*pir"i*cist, n.
An empiric.
Empiristic
Empiristic Em`pi*ris"tic, a. (Physics)
Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment;
following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to
nativistic.
Metempiric
Metempiric Met`em*pir"ic, Metempirical Met`em*pir"ic*al, a.
[Pref. met- + empiric, -ical.] (Metaph.)
Related, or belonging, to the objects of knowledge within the
province of metempirics.
If then the empirical designates the province we
include within the range of science, the province we
exclude may be fitly styled the metempirical. --G. H.
Lewes.
Metempirical
Metempiric Met`em*pir"ic, Metempirical Met`em*pir"ic*al, a.
[Pref. met- + empiric, -ical.] (Metaph.)
Related, or belonging, to the objects of knowledge within the
province of metempirics.
If then the empirical designates the province we
include within the range of science, the province we
exclude may be fitly styled the metempirical. --G. H.
Lewes.
Metempiricism
Metempiricism Met*em*pir"i*cism, n.
The science that is concerned with metempirics.
Metempirics
Metempirics Met`em*pir"ics, n.
The concepts and relations which are conceived as beyond, and
yet as related to, the knowledge gained by experience.
Unempirically
Unempirically Un`em*pir"ic*al*ly, adv.
Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
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