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empirical

/ɪmˈpɪrɪkl/adjective

उच्चारण इम्पिरिकल

अनुभवजन्य, प्रयोगसिद्ध

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    based on experiments or experience rather than ideas or theories

    अनुभवजन्य, प्रयोगसिद्ध

    • empirical evidence
    • The scientists demanded empirical proof before accepting the new theory.
    • The study offers empirical data from over two hundred schools.
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    • Medicine relies on empirical research, not just on theory.
    • Her argument was clever, but it lacked empirical support.

    Synonyms experimental observed practical factual evidence-based

    Opposite theoretical hypothetical speculative conjectural

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em·pir·i·cal

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Keep apart empirical (based on observation) and imperial (connected with an empire).

Empirical (अवलोकन पर आधारित) और imperial (साम्राज्य से संबंधित) को अलग रखिए।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Empirical evidence, empirical research, empirical data.

Collocations: empirical evidence (प्रयोग या अवलोकन से मिला प्रमाण), empirical research (अनुभव पर आधारित शोध), empirical data (प्रत्यक्ष आँकड़े)।

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General knowledge

Philosophy: empiricism is the belief that knowledge comes from experience and the senses (John Locke, David Hume); rationalism says it comes from reason.

दर्शन में empiricism (अनुभववाद) यह विश्वास है कि ज्ञान अनुभव और इंद्रियों से आता है (John Locke, David Hume); rationalism (बुद्धिवाद) कहता है कि यह तर्क से आता है।