experimental
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See also: expérimental
Etymology
From experiment + -al.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/, /ɪkˌspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective
experimental (comparative more experimental, superlative most experimental)
- Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
- Chemistry is an experimental science.
- (sciences) Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 541:
- Brown-Séquard, noting that Addison's disease involved the failure of the adrenal (or suprarenal) glands near the kidneys, removed them in experimental animals, and thus proved they were necessary for life […].
- Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
- his experimental band
- an experimental engine
- 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 26 April 2012, page 168:
- Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.
- Experiential, empirical.
- experimental knowledge
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to an experiment
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serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment
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Noun
experimental (plural experimentals)
- The subject of an experiment.
See also
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “experimental”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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