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10 Language-to-English DictionariesEmpirical evidence
/ɪmˈpɪrɪkəl ˈɛvɪdəns/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Information acquired by means of observation, experimentation, or experience, used to prove or disprove a theory.
"The scientist gathered empirical evidence to support her new hypothesis."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From empirical (via Latin from Greek empeirikos, meaning 'experienced') + evidence (from Latin evidentia, meaning 'obviousness' or 'distinctness').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Empirical evidence" is said worldwide
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Preuve empirique
Transliteration: Preuve empirique
"Cette théorie manque de preuves empiriques."
Empirische Evidenz
Transliteration: Empirische Evidenz
"Wir brauchen mehr empirische Evidenz für diese Behauptung."
Evidenza empirica
Transliteration: Evidenza empirica
"La ricerca si basa su prove ed evidenze empiriche."
Evidencia empírica
Transliteration: Evidencia empírica
"El investigador buscó evidencia empírica para validar su modelo."
Evidência empírica
Transliteration: Evidência empírica
"Falta evidência empírica para sustentar essa tese."
अनुभविष्यक प्रमाण
Transliteration: Anubhavik pramaan
Script: अनुभवजन्य साक्ष्य
"इस सिद्धांत के लिए अनुभवजन्य साक्ष्य की आवश्यकता है।"
经验证据
Transliteration: Jīngyàn zhèngjù
"这个假设需要更多的经验证据来支持。"
경험적 증거
Transliteration: Gyeongheomjeok jeunggeo
"그 주장을 뒷받침할 경험적 증거가 부족합니다."
経験的証拠
Transliteration: Keiken-teki shōko
"科学的な主張には経験的証拠が必要です。"
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