empirical observation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandobservation
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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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observation
noun
uk/ˌɒb.zəˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑːb.zɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the act of observing something ...
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(Definition ofempiricalandobservationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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More specifically, consider theempiricalobservationthat the exceptions tend to be high-frequency words.
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This model accounts for theempiricalobservationthat at high shears polymers align and slide more easily than at low shears.
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This clearly contradicts theempiricalobservationthat points to a change of the statutory interpretation towards a more liberal view of euthanasia.
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Part of the problem is that game theory has used lots of applied math and littleempiricalobservation.
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The last straight-down phase was probably anempiricalobservationthat cannonballs tended to drop from almost straight above.
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Most are based onempiricalobservationof patients or on information from carers.
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The essentialempiricalobservationis that the stressed vowel in the left foot of these words is the shortest vowel in the system.
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It also is inconsistent with theempiricalobservationthat most households hold few or no stocks but hold at least some low-risk liquid assets.
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A more precise description of ourempiricalobservationis given in the following conjecture, of which a rigorous proof has not been established at present.
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It was too vague and only asserted the obvious results of directempiricalobservationrather than explaining the phenomena of differentiation.
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Even those who realize that each pattern is established either thoughempiricalobservation, or by scientific reasoning, often fail to see its inevitability.
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Empiricalobservationindicates that economic slowdowns are generally more frequent and precede contractions.
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Second, the purported semantic differences among commercial exchange verbs is not, we believe, motivated by anyempiricalobservation.
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Virtually any conceivableempiricalobservationcould be accommodated without too much strain.
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These are matters ofempiricalobservation.
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Economists convince not by systematically formulating and testing hypotheses againstempiricalobservation but by focusing a range of accepted and authoritative literary devices on their readers.
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These numbers are based onempiricalobservation.
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Logically, because the behavior can be seen as a dominated strategy; statistically becauseempiricalobservationwould show that those who won the race ended up dead.
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