Empiric
1empiric — EMPÍRIC, Ă, empirici, ce, adj. Bazat (numai) pe experienţă; care priveşte empirismul, care are la bază empirismul. ♢ Formulă empirică = formulă obţinută prin prelucrarea pur matematică a unor date experimentale, fără substrat teoretic. Medicină… …
2Empiric — Em*pir ic (?; 277), n. [L. empiricus an empiric, Gr. ? experienced, equiv. to ?; ? in + ? a trial, experiment; akin to ? ford, way, and E. fare: cf. F. empirique. See {In}, and {Fare}.] 1. One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon… …
3Empiric — 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. [1913 Webster] In philosophical language, the term empirical means simply what… …
4Empiric — can refer to: * Asclepiades of Bithynia * Empiricism * Empirical * Empirical research * Empirical formula …
5empiric — index probative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6empiric — (adj.) c.1600, from L. empiricus a physician guided by experience, from Gk. empeirikos experienced, from empeiria experience, from empeiros skilled, from en in (see EN (Cf. en ) (2)) + peira trial, experiment, from PIE …
7empiric — [em pir′ik] n. [L empiricus < Gr empeirikos, experienced < empeiria, experience < en , in + peira, a trial, experiment: see FARE] 1. a person who relies solely on practical experience rather than on scientific principles 2. Archaic a… …
8empiric — 1. adjective empirical 2. noun a) A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience. An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician. b) Someone who is guided… …
9empiric — empirical / empiric [adj] practical; based on experience experient, experiential, experimental, factual, observational, observed, pragmatic, provisional, concepts 548,582 Ant. hypothetical, impractical, speculative, theoretical, unobserved …
10empiric(al) — a. relying on or derived from experiment or experience only; ignoring theory or science. ♦ empiric, n. such thinker or scientist; quack. ♦ empiricism, ♦ empiricist, n …
