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empirical

adjective as in practical

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How do archaeologists wrap an empirical mind around capturing history?

Overall, the weight of the empirical evidence supports these essentially conservative arguments for the minimum wage.

In all, Schwitzgebel thinks that this study has been an important step forward in empirical research of morality.

There is little empirical data on how an early marriage affects young men.

No empirical data support his claim that the birth of a baby with Down syndrome makes the world—or the baby—unhappier.

It is at best an empirical test and must be interpreted in the light of clinical symptoms.

So long as bridge building was an empirical art, great waste of material was unavoidable.

The margin of uncertainty which must be met by empirical allowances on the side of safety has been steadily diminished.

Waddell (De Pontibus) gives the following convenient empirical relations.

Nor do I think they would have learnt much of the art from Mr. Bradlaugh, except in an empirical way.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to empirical, such as: experimental, factual, observational, empirical/empiric, experient, and experiential.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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