English Explanatory Dictionary

experimental

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/ /ɪkˌspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-experimental.wav

Word forms

experimental more experimental most experimental experimentals

Etymology

From experiment + -al.

Related words

control

Derived words

experimental aesthetics experimental design experimentalise experimentalism experimentalist experimentality experimentalize experimentally experimentalness experimental probability interexperimental intraexperimental nonexperimental postexperimental preexperimental quasiexperimental self-experimental sexperimental unexperimental
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