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ex·per·i·men·tal

 (ĭk-spĕr′ə-mĕn′tl)
adj.
1.
a. Relating to or based on experiment: experimental procedures; experimental results.
b. Given to experimenting.
2. Of the nature of an experiment; constituting or undergoing a test: an experimental drug.
3. Founded on experience; empirical.

ex·per′i·men′tal·ly adv.
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experimental

(ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl)
adj
1. relating to, based on, or having the nature of experiment: an experimental study.
2. based on or derived from experience; empirical: experimental evidence.
3. tending to experiment: an experimental artist.
4. tentative or provisional: an experimental rule in football.
exˌperiˈmentally adv
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ex•per•i•men•tal

(ɪkˌspɛr əˈmɛn tl)

adj.
1. pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
2. tentative: an experimental stage.
3. based on or derived from experience; empirical.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin]
ex•per`i•men′tal•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.experimental - relating to or based on experiment; "experimental physics"
2.experimental - relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis"
empirical, empiric - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
3.experimental - of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"
empirical, empiric - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
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experimental

adjective
2. innovative, new, original, radical, creative, ingenious, avant-garde, inventive, ground-breaking He writes bizarre and highly experimental music.
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experimental

adjective
Constituting a tentative model for future experiment or development:
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Translations
تَجْريبي
eksperimenterendeforsøgs-
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poskusen
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experimental

[eksˌperɪˈmentl] ADJ [science, method, music] → experimental; [theatre, novel] → vanguardista; [cinema] → de arte y ensayo
to be at or in the experimental stageestar en la fase experimental
he gave an experimental tug at the door handlehizo el experimento de tirar del picaporte
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experimental

[ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl] adj
[novel, music] → expérimental(e)
(SCIENCE) [study] → expérimental(e); [result] → établi(e) par l'expérience
at the experimental stage → au stade expérimental
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experimental

adj (also Sci, Med, Tech etc) → experimentell; experimental theatre (Brit) or theater (US) /cinemaExperimentiertheater nt/-kino nt; experimental physics/psychologyExperimentalphysik f/-psychologie f; experimental laboratory/periodVersuchslabor nt/-zeit f; to be at an or in the experimental stagesich im Versuchs- or Experimentierstadium befinden; on an experimental basisversuchsweise; he argued for an experimental lifting of the baner argumentierte dafür, das Verbot versuchsweise aufzuheben
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experimental

[ɪksˌpɛrɪˈmɛntl] adjsperimentale
the process is still at the experimental stage → il procedimento è ancora allo stadio sperimentale
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experiment

(ikˈsperimənt) noun
a test done in order to find out something, eg if an idea is correct. He performs chemical experiments; experiments in traffic control; We shall find out by experiment.
verb
(with on or with) to try to find out something by making tests. He experimented with various medicines to find the safest cure; The doctor experiments on animals.
exˌperiˈmental (-ˈmentl) adjective
of, or used for an experiment. experimental teaching methods.
exˌperiˈmentally adverb
exˌperimenˈtation noun
the practice of making experiments.
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experimental

adj experimental
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"My father and I found that we could not look after the inventing and experimental end, and money matters, too, and as Ned had had considerable experience this way we made him take over those worries," and Tom laughed genially.
Syren --made a noble experimental cruise; and it was thus that the great Japanese Whaling Ground first became generally known.
Of late I had been training him for journalism, for the time seemed about right for a start in the newspaper line; nothing big, but just a small weekly for experimental circulation in my civilization- nurseries.
But wherever there is a rich supply of Fog objects that are at a distance, say of three feet, are appreciably dimmer than those at a distance of two feet eleven inches; and the result is that by careful and constant experimental observation of comparative dimness and clearness, we are enabled to infer with great exactness the configuration of the object observed.
Perhaps his mother had a reasonable distrust of the practice of Dr Todd, who must then have been in the novitiate of his experimental acquirements.
In regard to this question, history stands to the other sciences as experimental science stands to abstract science.
But since the question is capable of experimental decision, it would be gratuitous rashness to offer an opinion while that decision is lacking.
The second founded a professorship of experimental chemistry at a northern university.
Thereby finding in the lowest depth a deeper still; and proving herself a very great experimental philosopher.
THE examples of ancient confederacies, cited in my last paper, have not exhausted the source of experimental instruction on this subject.
He made as many thoughts as Stuart Mill; but his philosophy concerned flesh and blood, and was experimental as to its method.
"Come," he said to me, "you are sentenced to the experimental pits for having dared to insult the intelligence of the mighty ones with the ridiculous tale you have had the temerity to unfold to them."

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