semiempirically

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ empirically.

Adverb

semiempirically (not comparable)

  1. Partly empirically.
    • 2009 August 28, Leo Gross et al., “The Chemical Structure of a Molecule Resolved by Atomic Force Microscopy”, in Science‎[1], volume 325, number 5944, →DOI, pages 1110–1114:
      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 ).
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