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- Word comparison: empirical vs. molecular
empirical vs. molecular
adjective
derived from or guided by direct experience or by experiment, rather than abstract principles or theory.
Empirical evidence of changes in kelp consumption was gathered by measuring the bite marks in seaweed fronds.
Antonyms: theoretical, secondhanddepending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, and hence sometimes insufficiently authoritative, especially as in medicine.
That is nothing but an empirical conclusion with no regard for the laws of thermodynamics.
Antonyms: theoretical, secondhandprovable or verifiable by experience or experiment, as scientific laws.
Theoretical physics is criticized for producing complex concepts that are mathematical, not empirical.
adjective
of or relating to or caused by molecules.
molecular structure.
