Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semiempirically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: semiem-pir-i-cal-ly
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Partly empirically.

Example Sentences

"Van der Waals (vdW) forces were added semiempirically to the dispersion energy as a contribution proportional to R –6 (where R is the atomic distance) ( 28 )."

Etymology

From semi- + empirically.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: semi

Questions

What does semiempirically mean?: Partly empirically.
Where does semiempirically come from?: From semi- + empirically.

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