semiempirically

semiempirically

English

Etymology

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, volume 325, number 5944, DOI:10.1126/science.1176210, 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 ).