Experimental

/ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to or founded on experiment..

Definitions by Sense

1. Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
2. (sciences) Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
3. Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
4. Experiential, empirical.
5. The subject of an experiment.

Example Sentences

Chemistry is an experimental science.

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 […].

his experimental band

an experimental engine

In its sixty-year history here, some 4,170 engines of the 4-6-0 type have been constructed. This is the vast sequel of that bold experimental step of the Highland Railway in 1894.

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.

experimental knowledge

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• more experimental
• most experimental
• experimentals

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