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semiempirically

semiempirically adverb: partly empirically.

Adverb

semiempirically (not comparable)

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

Origin of semiempirically

From semi- + empirically.

Questions about semiempirically

What does semiempirically mean?
Semiempirically means partly empirically.
What part of speech is semiempirically?
Semiempirically is an adverb.

Words near semiempirically in the dictionary

  1. semiellipses
  2. semiellipsoidal
  3. semielliptic
  4. semielliptical
  5. semiempirical
  6. semiempirically
  7. Semien
  8. semienclosed
  9. semiendoparasitic
  10. semiengaged
  11. Semiens

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