empirical measurement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandmeasurement
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empirical
adjective
uk/ɪmˈpɪr.ɪ.kəl/us/emˈpɪr.ɪ.kəl/
based on what is experienced or seen rather than ...
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measurement
noun
uk/ˈmeʒ.ə.mənt/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚ.mənt/
the act or process ...
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(Definition ofempiricalandmeasurementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The literature points to several factors, but not all these factors are amenable toempiricalmeasurement.
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It is important that these can be incorporated directly into the same function whether they are derived from analytical methods orempiricalmeasurement.
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Empathy plays a key role in social understanding, but itsempiricalmeasurementhas proved difficult.
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It could therefore be useful to first read the second part, and then read the first part with the knowledge ofempiricalmeasurementissues in mind.
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Needless to say, some caution should be applied to such a calculation because of the errors involved at each step andempiricalmeasurementof each species would be the ideal.
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We can do that only throughempiricalmeasurementof value added.
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The flash point is anempiricalmeasurementrather than a fundamental physical parameter.
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The "perception" of warmth and cold is physiologically different from actualempiricalmeasurementof heat, as shown by phenomena like the wind-chill factor.
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These can be generated either from modelse.g. state vectors from dynamical models and measurement vectors from radiative transfer or similar forward modelsor from direct,empiricalmeasurement.
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Any empirical measurements requiring calculation are handled by the software and not the operator because the operator works entirely in perspective.
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Going further, the setting down of assumptions specifying behaviour in theory amounts, in an empirical setting, to specifying what is needed for analysis in the way of empirical measurements.
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Color-planes arrived at by means of empirical measurements which did not belong to this family were incompatible with it, because they could not be projections of the same threedimensional surface.
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This model is suited for both point-to-point and broadcast transmissions and it is based on extensive empirical measurements taken.
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Such empirical measurements enable an artist to paint what the eye sees without the use of conventional perspective.
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However, empirical measurements of the river's sediment load have yielded estimates of 100 million cubic meters annually, indicating that the area is rising.
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As the name suggests, it is based partly on theory and partly on empirical measurements.
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Complete empirical measurements are generally restricted to a specific habitat, such as a cave or a pond, and principles gleaned from food web microcosm studies are extrapolated to larger systems.
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