experimental
See also: expérimental
English
Etymology
experiment + -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɨkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/, /ɨkˌspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/
- 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 2016, p. 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 […].
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 541:
- Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
- 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, 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.
- his experimental band
- an experimental engine
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- Experiential, empirical.
- experimental knowledge
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to an experiment
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Catalan
French
Adjective
experimental (feminine singular experimentale, masculine plural experimentaux, feminine plural experimentales)
- Misspelling of expérimental.
Galician
Portuguese
Adjective
experimental m or f (plural experimentais, comparable)
- experimental (of, pertaining to or being an experiment)
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