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empirical vs. molecular

empirical

adjective

  1. 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.

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  2. depending 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.

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  3. provable or verifiable by experience or experiment, as scientific laws:

    Theoretical physics is criticized for producing complex concepts that are mathematical, not empirical.

molecular

adjective

  1. of or relating to or caused by molecules:

    molecular structure.