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Experimental

//ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to or founded on experiment.

    "Chemistry is an experimental science."

  2. 2
    Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.

    "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 […]."

  3. 3
    Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.

    "his experimental band"

  4. 4
    Experiential, empirical.

    "experimental knowledge"

Adjective
  1. 1
    relying on observation or experiment wordnet
  2. 2
    of the nature of or undergoing an experiment wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to or based on experiment wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The subject of an experiment.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From experiment + -al.

Etymology 2

From experiment + -al.

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