- EMPIRIC
- the name given to any who practises an art from the mere experience of results, apart from all reference to or knowledge of the scientific explanation.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
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empiric — 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… … Dicționar Român
Empiric — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Empiric — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Empiric — can refer to: * Asclepiades of Bithynia * Empiricism * Empirical * Empirical research * Empirical formula … Wikipedia
empiric — index probative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
empiric — (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 … Etymology dictionary
empiric — [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… … English World dictionary
empiric — 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… … Wiktionary
empiric — empirical / empiric [adj] practical; based on experience experient, experiential, experimental, factual, observational, observed, pragmatic, provisional, concepts 548,582 Ant. hypothetical, impractical, speculative, theoretical, unobserved … New thesaurus
empiric(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 … Dictionary of difficult words
Empiric therapy — is a medical term referring to the initiation of treatment prior to determination of a firm diagnosis. It is most often used when antibiotics are given to a person before the specific microorganism causing an infection is known. Examples of this… … Wikipedia
