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[ adverb ] in an empirical manner
Examples "this can be empirically tested" Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)Often it is recognized that all the details of the pattern may not be essential to the outcome but , because the pattern was empirically determined and not developed through theoretical understanding , one is never quite certain which behavior elements are effective , and the whole pattern becomes ritualized . We are forced , in our behavior towards others , to adopt empirically successful patterns in_toto because we have such a minimal understanding of their essential elements . Our collective policies , group and national , are similarly based on voodoo , but here we often lack even the empirically successful rituals and are still engaged in determining them . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)The fraction of exchange was determined as the ratio of the counts / minute observed in the carbon_tetrachloride to the counts / minute calculated for the carbon_tetrachloride fractions for equilibrium distribution of the activity between the chlorine and carbon_tetrachloride , empirically determined correction being made for the difference in counting efficiency of * * f in * * f and * * f . Related terms |
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