semiempirical

1. 1.

   relying to some extent on observation or experiment

   Similarempirical

Questions about semiempirical

What does semiempirical mean?

semiempirical means "relying to some extent on observation or experiment".

How many syllables are in semiempirical?

semiempirical has 5 syllables and divides as se-miem-pi-ri-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is semiempirical a common word?

semiempirical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.