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- 1. (of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized: "an experimental drug" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of art or an artistic technique) involving a radically new and innovative style: "experimental music" Similar Opposite
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adjective. uk / ɪkˌsper.ɪˈmen.t ə l / us / ɪkˌsper.əˈmen.t̬ ə l / Add to word list. using new methods, ideas, substances, etc. that have not been tried before, usually in order to find out what effect they have: The changes to the distribution system are purely experimental at the moment.
The meaning of EXPERIMENTAL is of, relating to, or based on experience or experiment. How to use experimental in a sentence.
Experimental definition: pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment. See examples of EXPERIMENTAL used in a sentence.
EXPERIMENTAL meaning: 1. using new methods, ideas, substances, etc. that have not been tried before, usually in order to…. Learn more.
Something that is experimental is new or uses new ideas or methods, and might be modified later if it is unsuccessful.
EXPERIMENT definition: 1. a test done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or is true: 2. to try…. Learn more.
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.
1. a. : test, trial. make another experiment of his suspicion William Shakespeare. b. : a tentative procedure or policy. c. : an operation or procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law. 2. obsolete : experience. 3.
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.
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.
