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Webster 1913 Edition
Experimental
Ex-perˊi-men′tal
,Adj.
[Cf.F.
expérimental
.] 1.
Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial;
as,
; given to, or skilled in, experiment; experimental
scienceas, an
. experimental
philosopher2.
Known by, or derived from, experience;
as,
. experimental
religionWebster 1828 Edition
Experimental
EXPERIMENT'AL
,Adj.
1.
Known by experiment or trial; derived from experiment. Experimental knowledge is the most valuable, because it is most certain, and most safely to be trusted.2.
Built on experiments; founded on trial and observations, or on a series of results, the effects of operations; as experimental philosophy.3.
Taught by experience; having personal experience.Admit to the holy communion such only as profess and appear to be regenerated, and experimental christians.
4.
Known by experience; derived from experience; as experimental religion.Definition 2024
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See also: expérimental
English
Adjective
experimental (comparative more experimental, superlative most experimental)
- Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
- Chemistry is an experimental science.
- (sciences) nbsp; Serving to be experimented upon.
- R was a member of the experimental group, Z was a member of the control group.
- Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
- 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 168:
- Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.
- his experimental band
- an experimental engine
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- Experiential, empirical.
- experimental knowledge
Translations
of or pertaining to an experiment
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Derived terms
Noun
experimental (plural experimentals)
- The subject of an experiment
See also
Catalan
Adjective
experimental m, f (masculine and feminine plural experimentals)
Related terms
- experiment
- experimentable
- experimentació
- experimentador
- experimentalisme
- experimentalista
- experimentalment
- experimentar
- experimentat
French
Adjective
experimental m (feminine singular experimentale, masculine plural experimentaux, feminine plural experimentales)
- Misspelling of expérimental.
Portuguese
Adjective
experimental m, f (plural experimentais, comparable)
- experimental (of, pertaining to or being an experiment)