Usage in Physics
In physics, an empirical formula is a mathematical equation that predicts observed results, but is derived from experiment or conjecture and directly from first principles.
An example was the Rydberg formula to predict the wavelengths of hydrogen spectral lines. Proposed in 1876, it perfectly predicted the wavelengths of the Lyman series, but lacked a theoretical basis until Niels Bohr produced his Bohr model of the atom in 1925.
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