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empirical
1. adj. Pertaining to or based on experience.
2. adj. Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
3. adj. (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

Example Sentences

"All humans are mortal" is an empirical observation based on millennia of experience.

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