experimental
AdjectiveUS[ik-sper-ih-men-tuhl]/ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl/5 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- relating to or based on experiment“experimental physics”Relating to experiment
- relying on observation or experiment“experimental results that supported the hypothesis”Synonyms: data-basedobservationalOpposite theoreticSimilar empirical, empiric
- of the nature of or undergoing an experiment“an experimental drug”Opposite theoreticSimilar empirical, empiric
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Translations
Adjective of or pertaining to an experiment
- Spanish
- experimental
- French
- expérimental
- German
- experimentell
- Italian
- sperimentale
- Portuguese
- experimental
- Turkish
- deneysel
- Russian
- эксперимента́льный eksperimentálʹnyj
- Arabic
- تَجْرِيبِيّ tajrībiyy
- Dutch
- experimenteel
- Polish
- eksperymentalny
11 more languages
- Swedish
- experimentell
- Greek
- πειραματικός peiramatikós
- Vietnamese
- thực nghiệm
- Hungarian
- kísérleti
- Portuguese (PT)
- experimental
- Catalan
- experimental
- Czech
- experimentální
- Finnish
- kokeellinen
- Georgian
- ექსპერიმენტული eksṗerimenṭuli
- Norwegian
- eksperimentell
- Romanian
- experimental
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ex·per′i·men′tal adjective
Origin: Cf.F. expérimental.
1. Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher.
2. Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54