semiempirically

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ empirically.

Adverb

semiempirically (not comparable)

1. Somewhat 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 ).