Imperial vs. Empirical

Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.

Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.

Very grand or fine.

Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.

A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.

A printing-paper size measuring 30 by 22 inches.

A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.

Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.

A crown imperial.

Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.

Example: ‘The lastThat wore the imperial diadem of Rome.’;

Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.

Example: ‘Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crownsWith an imperial voice.’; ‘To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.’; ‘He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle.’;

Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.

The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; - so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

An outside seat on a diligence.

A luggage case on the top of a coach.

Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drawing, printing, or writing paper, etc.

A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.

A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.

A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump; also, any one of several combinations of cards which score in this game.

a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III

a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach

relating to or associated with an empire;

Example: ‘imperial colony’; ‘the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire’;

befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress;

Example: ‘imperial palace’;

belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;

Example: ‘golden age of imperial splendor’; ‘purple tyrant’; ‘regal attire’; ‘treated with royal acclaim’; ‘the royal carriage of a stag's head’;

Pertaining to or based on experience.

Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.

(philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory;

Example: ‘an empirical basis for an ethical theory’; ‘empirical laws’; ‘empirical data’; ‘an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known’;

relying on medical quackery;

Example: ‘empiric treatment’;