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   experimental

   /ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized: "an experimental drug" Similar exploratoryinvestigationalprobingfact-findingtrial and errortrialtestpilotspeculativeconjecturalhypotheticaltentativepreliminaryprobationaryprototypeunder reviewunder the microscopeon the drawing boardempiricalobservationaluntesteduntriedOpposite finishedtheoretical
   • ▪ relating to scientific experiments: "experimental results"
   • 2. (of art or an artistic technique) involving a radically new and innovative style: "experimental music" Similar innovativeinnovatoryneworiginalinventiveradicalavant-gardealternativefringeunfamiliarunorthodoxunconventionaleccentricoffbeatoff-centrebohemianleft-fieldinformal:go-aheadway-outOpposite stalehackneyed
   • 3. based on experience as opposed to authority or conjecture: archaic "an experimental knowledge of God"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘having personal experience’, also ‘experienced, observed’): from medieval Latin experimentalis, from Latin experimentum (see experiment).

   Derivatives

   • 1. experimentalism noun
   • 2. experimentalist noun

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   What is the difference between experimental and tentative?

   • 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. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

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   What does experimental Mean?

   • experimental, experimental [masculine-feminine]… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! EXPERIMENTAL definition: 1. using new methods, ideas, substances, etc. that have not been tried before, usually in order to…. Learn more.

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   What does experiment mean?

   • 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. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   Where did the word experiment come from?

   • First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word experīmentālis. See experiment, -al 1 Einstein was doubted for two decades, and cosmologists are still searching for experimental proofs of relativity.

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   1. adjective. Something that is experimental is new or uses new ideas or methods, and might be modified later if it is unsuccessful. ...an experimental air conditioning system. He tends to write bizarre and highly experimental pieces of music. The technique is experimental, but the list of its practitioners is growing.

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   The adjective experimental is good for describing things that are still in a trial stage. An experimental drug is usually tested in a lab for years before being used on patients. Something that's experimental is at an early stage, being observed, tested out, and subjected to experiments as it's being developed.

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   based on new ideas, forms or methods that are used to find out what effect they have. The school's experimental teaching methods include letting the children decide what to study. experimental theatre/art/music. The equipment is still at the experimental stage.

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