experimental
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- adjective
- /ɪkˈspɛrɪˌmɛntəl/
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experimental
- The researchers are testing an experimental drug that may help treat the disease.
- experimental design
- experimental method
- experimental group
I mean, they were all all famous for their experimental sounds.
- I mean, they were all all famous for their experimental sounds.
- And yet he went on to become one of the greatest experimental scientists that ever existed.
- So we do have a real experimental basis.
- So it's the same person has two experimental conditions.
- So Batson presents subjects with a very simple experimental scenario.
- So like besides that there is no experimental validation.
- We're helping experimental scientists to streamline their discovery process.
- And I want to talk a little bit again without experimental data, but about real world events.
Examples
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So we do have a real experimental basis.
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The researchers used the experimental method for a sample of 26 swimmers.
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Well, we might be doing an experimental live show.
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You know, we are a country that has had an experimental nature from the beginning.
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- It's still in the experimental stage.
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You really need specific experimental tests to find these things.
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We actually just started a new season of experimental theater.
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And yet he went on to become one of the greatest experimental scientists that ever existed.
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He was already an experimental writer and artist.
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Phase II involved analysis of mixed-method implementation data from a pilot experimental trial of the adapted program.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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Relating to a new treatment or vaccine that is being tested in people
Compounds
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A part of an experiment where researchers change one thing to see its effect compared with a control group
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A way to test scientific ideas by doing controlled tests and measuring results
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Study of how the mind and behavior work using tests and experiments
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A condition or factor that people change on purpose to see effects
How Experimental
Surface Forms
Morphology
experimental = experiment (transparent) = experiment + al
The adjective is transparently formed from 'experiment' + '-al', meaning 'pertaining to experiments' or 'done as an experiment'.
Etymology
Experimental comes from the word experiment, which goes back to the Latin experiri meaning 'to try' or 'to test'. Think of experience, which is from the same root 'to try', so experimental describes something made to try or test new ideas.