| 单词 | empirical law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasempirical law empirical law n. Science a law (law n.1 17a) arrived at by observation rather than by deductive reasoning. ΚΠ 1795 tr. Marquis de Condorcet Outl. Hist. View Progress Human Mind viii. 210 To Kepler he [sc. Galileo] is indebted for the acquisition of one of those empirical laws [Fr. ces lois empiriques]. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) viii. 70 An empirical law observed by Baron Bode, in the mean distances of the planets. 1970 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 81 30 One of the most prominent empirical laws relating to the changeable aspect of the Great Red Spot is as follows: The Red Spot is dark and prominent when the other South Tropical markings..are bright or faint. 2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. vi. 244 Meyer's empirical law then stated that if W is the load and d the chordal diameter of the indentation, W = kdn, where k and n are material constants. < as lemmas |
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