experimental

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/
adj noun Freq #8819

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Relating to or based on scientific experiments.

    The drug is still at the experimental stage of testing.

  2. 2
    adj

    New and not yet fully tested; trying out new ideas or methods.

    The director is known for his experimental approach to filmmaking.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · relating to or based on... observationaldata-based
Word family
Derived forms experimentaliseexperimentalismexperimentalistexperimentalityexperimentalizeexperimentallyexperimentalnessinterexperimentalintraexperimentalnonexperimentalpostexperimentalpreexperimental

Etymology

From experiment + -al.

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