experimentaladj.n.

Brit.

/ᵻkˌspɛrᵻˈmɛntl/,

/ɛkˌspɛrᵻˈmɛntl/, U.S.

/ɪkˌspɛrəˈmɛn(t)l/,

/ɛkˌspɛrəˈmɛn(t)l/

Etymology: < experiment n. + -al suffix¹.

A. adj.

I. Relating to experience.

†1.

a. Of a witness: Having actual or personal experience of anything. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [adjective]

expertc1374

experientc1420

experimentalc1449

experted1475

experienced1576

self-experienced1782

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 448 The same hool noumbre of homeli and experimental witnessers of Cristis deedis.

1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 281 Of this he himself is an experimental Witness.

b. Of things: Coming within the range of experience; observed. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [adjective] > coming within range of experience or observed

experimental1620

1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 29 It is vncerteine whether the experimentall effect is to be ascribed to this or that planet.

1718 I. Newton Opticks (ed. 2) iii. i. 364 We have no other evidence of universal Impenetrability, besides a large experience without an experimental Exception.

a. Based on or derived from experience as opposed to mere testimony or conjecture. †Of a remedy: Discovered by experience.

b. Founded on experience only; empirical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective] > empirical

experimental1526

empiric1576

empirical1588

experimentate1651

occulta1652

empiric1772

rule of thumb1816

empiricist1864

practico-empirical1913

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Niii Experimentall knowledge of the heuenly lyfe to come.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 168 Trust not my reading, nor my obseruations, Which with experimental seale doth warrant The tenure of my booke.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 4 A certaine experimentall vnguent, knowne to bee practised in this sport, made of the Oyle pressed out of wilde Radish.

1635 W. Wood (title) Nevv Englands Prospect. A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of America, commonly called Nevv England.

1668 Excellency of Pen & Pencil 46 An experimental Rule practised by the best Etcher in England.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §72. 79 There being no necessary, but only an experimental Connexion.

1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness Pref. 10 To bring myself and others to an experimental knowledge of God.

1879 A. H. Keane tr. A. Lefèvre Philos. ii. 141 Aristotle never ceases to oppose science to experimental knowledge.

c. experimental religion: practical experience of the influence of religion on the powers and operations of the soul. †experimental divinity: the method of dealing with the conscience and religious feelings; so †experimental divine.

ΚΠ

1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. i. vii. 74 The one excell'd in experimentall diuinity; and knew well how to stay a weake conscience, how to raise a fallen.

1658 L. Womock Exam. Tilenus 85 I was never much taken with those Obadiahs..give me your experimentall Divines.

II. Relating to experiment.

a. Based on, derived from, or ascertained by experiment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective] > based on or derived from experiment

experimental1570

experimentarian1662

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. cij^v That, was rather a kinde of Experimentall demonstration.

1674 C. Goodall Coll. Physic. Vindicated (1676) 89 Their experimental demonstrations of the circulation of the Chyle.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 73 Legislation and politics become gradually regarded as experimental sciences.

1881 Carpenter in 19th Cent. 615 Experimental evidence has not yet..been obtained of the direct penetration of the solar rays to more than 100 fathoms.

b. experimental philosophy: (a) the philosophy which insists on experiment as the necessary foundation and test of all reasoned conclusions; (b) physics or ‘natural philosophy’ as studied or demonstrated by means of experiments (now rare). So also, experimental chemistry, experimental physics, experimental science. Hence experimental philosopher, experimental physicist, experimental chemist, etc. experimental psychology n. the experimental study of the responses of an individual to stimuli; also experimental psychologist.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > of material universe

philosophya1387

natural philosophya1393

natural science?a1425

experimental philosophy1651

science1779

stinks1869

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > scientist

man of science1482

natural philosopher?1541

secretary of nature1580

artsman1632

experimental philosopher1651

artist1665

scientific1738

sciencist1778

scientist1834

scientician1841

scientiate1847

scient1854

sciencer1871

natural scientist1872

specialist1918

boffin1945

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > [noun]

psychology1749

psychophysiology1839

physiopsychology1875

psychophysics1875

experimental psychology1878

psychosomatics1938

1651 G. Thomson (title) A vindication of Lord Bacon, the Auctor of Experimental Philosophy.

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 68 in Scepsis Scientifica All experimental Philosophers, have been needlessly imployed.

1706 S. Clarke Disc. Nat. Relig. Pref. sig. A3 Robert Boyle..was..diligent and successful in improving Experimental Philosophy.

1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 175 Lectures..at Guy's Hospital..[on] Experimental Philosophy.

1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Experimental philosophy, is..an investigation of the wisdom of God in the works and the laws of nature.

1833 J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) I. 59 Detrosier..has some prospect of picking up a living as a lecturer on experimental physics.

1871–2 Cassell's Techn. Educator II. 303 A physician and experimental chemist.

1878 S. H. Hodgson Philos. of Refl. I. 227 Fortunately we possess a genuine a posteriori experimental psychology, a true science.

1887 J. Thomas Dict. Biogr. I. 421 Boyle..a celebrated chemist and experimental philosopher.

1895 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 7 78 Experimental Psychology was in its origin, and has remained for a considerable extent in its development, a German science.

1935 Discovery June 183/2 The gestalt-theorists, the behaviourists, and the experimental psychologists.

1952 J. A. Passmore in Stout God & Nature p. xxxvii To Stout..experimental psychology was a source of information, not a substitute for thinking.

1953 C. E. Osgood Method & Theory Exper. Psychol. p. v I have covered the major portion of what is called experimental psychology including sections on sensory processes, perception, learning, and symbolic processes.

1957 G. Ryle in C. A. Mace Brit. Philos. in Mid-century 258 A not very ancient Oxford Chair of Physics still retains its old label, the Chair of Experimental Philosophy.

1958 J. Cleugh tr. R. Jungk Brighter than Thousand Suns i. 17 It was the theoretical, not the experimental, physicists who were to blame for the confusion.

in extended use.1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 55 As speculatists he [the Duke of Bedford] is a glorious subject for their experimental philosophy.

4. Of persons: Skilled in experiment. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective] > conducting experiments > skilled in experiment

experimental1811

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 421 A more candid and equitable judge cannot be invoked than the patient and experimental Saussure.

5. Of the nature of an experiment; tentative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective]

tentative1588

tentatorya1624

peirasticala1653

peirastic1656

probational1670

experimental1817

experimentative1825

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. i. i. 16 A first and experimental attempt.

1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 35 A young man's work..may be more or less experimental.

a. Of or pertaining to experiments; used in or for making experiments. Frequently as experimental farm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective] > relating to or used for experiments

experimental1789

1789 A. Young Jrnl. 28 Oct. in Trav. France (1792) i. 213 Signore Arduino..shewed me the experimental farm.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. Introd. 9 I have..received much useful experimental aid from Mr. E. Davy.

1869 J. Tyndall in Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 236 The experimental tube now before you.

1881 N. Lockyer in Nature No. 617. 398 The spectrum of potassium..varies very much under different experimental conditions.

1895 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1894 12 iv. 143 Six years ago the testing of trees and shrubs..was begun at the experimental farms at Brandon, Manitoba.

1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 14 Jan. 10/3 The Cigarmakers' union..urged that the experimental farms for the growth of tobacco be established in Canada.

1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxv. 319 When Australian subeditors want to make the open page of their papers especially attractive, they cast on to it the great plans that are immediately ahead..about new experimental farms to be planted in every district.

b. spec. of a theatre, play, etc.

ΚΠ

1929 S. W. Cheney Theatre xxiii. 520 Jacques Copeau..administered one of the..most fruitful of twentieth century experimental theatres.

1931 W. Rothenstein Men & Memories II. xxiv. 205 Experimental theatres are expensive things.

1961 W. P. Bowman & R. H. Ball Theatre Lang. 127 Experimental, said of drama, staging, a type of theatre, etc., which seeks freshness in the writing and production of plays rather than the traditional formulas for commercial or conventional success.

1969 L. Gish & A. Pinchot Lillian Gish xiv. 194 An experimental theater was also hit.

†B. n. Obsolete. [The adjective used absol.]

a. A trial, an experiment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun]

fandingc1000

costningOE

assay1330

say?c1335

assayingc1375

experimenta1382

proofc1390

experience1393

tastinga1400

probationc1422

probe?a1425

approof1436

fraistingc1440

examination?1510

saying1512

approving1523

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approbationa1616

trya1616

proval1622

tempting1623

probatea1643

experimental1659

testinga1834

1659 C. Noble Moderate Answer 1 Experimentals that have been made..what kind of Government would best go down.

b. An experimental proof.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > exemplifying some rule, activity, quality, etc. > serving to confirm or illustrate

samplec1380

experimenta1530

experimental1664

test1773

exampling1881

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 130 Pre-demonstrate them, by calculation, before the Senses give an Experimental thereof.

c. A fact or datum of experience.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > fact of being affected or experience

experience1382

experimental1628

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 5 Art is made, when as one vniversall thing, is framed out of many experimentalls.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 304 Whose Councells are..Notionary, and grounded..not upon experimentalls of most publique concernment.

d. plural. Things learned by experience; experimental or practical knowledge.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [noun] > with a subject, skill

insightc1175

practice1504

sight1530

experiment1575

discourse1589

practic1592

expertness1659

experimentals1748

sophistication1915

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxiv. 314 As to Experimentals..a mere novice.

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单词	experimental
释义	experimentaladj.n. Brit. /ᵻkˌspɛrᵻˈmɛntl/, /ɛkˌspɛrᵻˈmɛntl/, U.S. /ɪkˌspɛrəˈmɛn(t)l/, /ɛkˌspɛrəˈmɛn(t)l/ Etymology: < experiment n. + -al suffix¹. A. adj. I. Relating to experience. †1. a. Of a witness: Having actual or personal experience of anything. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [adjective] expertc1374 experientc1420 experimentalc1449 experted1475 experienced1576 self-experienced1782 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 448 The same hool noumbre of homeli and experimental witnessers of Cristis deedis. 1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 281 Of this he himself is an experimental Witness. b. Of things: Coming within the range of experience; observed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [adjective] > coming within range of experience or observed experimental1620 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 29 It is vncerteine whether the experimentall effect is to be ascribed to this or that planet. 1718 I. Newton Opticks (ed. 2) iii. i. 364 We have no other evidence of universal Impenetrability, besides a large experience without an experimental Exception. 2. a. Based on or derived from experience as opposed to mere testimony or conjecture. †Of a remedy: Discovered by experience. b. Founded on experience only; empirical. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective] > empirical experimental1526 empiric1576 empirical1588 experimentate1651 occulta1652 empiric1772 rule of thumb1816 empiricist1864 practico-empirical1913 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Niii Experimentall knowledge of the heuenly lyfe to come. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 168 Trust not my reading, nor my obseruations, Which with experimental seale doth warrant The tenure of my booke. View more context for this quotation 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 4 A certaine experimentall vnguent, knowne to bee practised in this sport, made of the Oyle pressed out of wilde Radish. 1635 W. Wood (title) Nevv Englands Prospect. A true, lively, and experimentall description of that part of America, commonly called Nevv England. 1668 Excellency of Pen & Pencil 46 An experimental Rule practised by the best Etcher in England. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §72. 79 There being no necessary, but only an experimental Connexion. 1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness Pref. 10 To bring myself and others to an experimental knowledge of God. 1879 A. H. Keane tr. A. Lefèvre Philos. ii. 141 Aristotle never ceases to oppose science to experimental knowledge. c. experimental religion: practical experience of the influence of religion on the powers and operations of the soul. †experimental divinity: the method of dealing with the conscience and religious feelings; so †experimental divine. ΚΠ 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. i. vii. 74 The one excell'd in experimentall diuinity; and knew well how to stay a weake conscience, how to raise a fallen. 1658 L. Womock Exam. Tilenus 85 I was never much taken with those Obadiahs..give me your experimentall Divines. II. Relating to experiment. 3. a. Based on, derived from, or ascertained by experiment. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective] > based on or derived from experiment experimental1570 experimentarian1662 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. cij^v That, was rather a kinde of Experimentall demonstration. 1674 C. Goodall Coll. Physic. Vindicated (1676) 89 Their experimental demonstrations of the circulation of the Chyle. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 73 Legislation and politics become gradually regarded as experimental sciences. 1881 Carpenter in 19th Cent. 615 Experimental evidence has not yet..been obtained of the direct penetration of the solar rays to more than 100 fathoms. b. experimental philosophy: (a) the philosophy which insists on experiment as the necessary foundation and test of all reasoned conclusions; (b) physics or ‘natural philosophy’ as studied or demonstrated by means of experiments (now rare). So also, experimental chemistry, experimental physics, experimental science. Hence experimental philosopher, experimental physicist, experimental chemist, etc. experimental psychology n. the experimental study of the responses of an individual to stimuli; also experimental psychologist. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > of material universe philosophya1387 natural philosophya1393 natural science?a1425 experimental philosophy1651 science1779 stinks1869 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > scientist man of science1482 natural philosopher?1541 secretary of nature1580 artsman1632 experimental philosopher1651 artist1665 scientific1738 sciencist1778 scientist1834 scientician1841 scientiate1847 scient1854 sciencer1871 natural scientist1872 specialist1918 boffin1945 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > [noun] psychology1749 psychophysiology1839 physiopsychology1875 psychophysics1875 experimental psychology1878 psychosomatics1938 1651 G. Thomson (title) A vindication of Lord Bacon, the Auctor of Experimental Philosophy. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 68 in Scepsis Scientifica All experimental Philosophers, have been needlessly imployed. 1706 S. Clarke Disc. Nat. Relig. Pref. sig. A3 Robert Boyle..was..diligent and successful in improving Experimental Philosophy. 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 175 Lectures..at Guy's Hospital..[on] Experimental Philosophy. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Experimental philosophy, is..an investigation of the wisdom of God in the works and the laws of nature. 1833 J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) I. 59 Detrosier..has some prospect of picking up a living as a lecturer on experimental physics. 1871–2 Cassell's Techn. Educator II. 303 A physician and experimental chemist. 1878 S. H. Hodgson Philos. of Refl. I. 227 Fortunately we possess a genuine a posteriori experimental psychology, a true science. 1887 J. Thomas Dict. Biogr. I. 421 Boyle..a celebrated chemist and experimental philosopher. 1895 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 7 78 Experimental Psychology was in its origin, and has remained for a considerable extent in its development, a German science. 1935 Discovery June 183/2 The gestalt-theorists, the behaviourists, and the experimental psychologists. 1952 J. A. Passmore in Stout God & Nature p. xxxvii To Stout..experimental psychology was a source of information, not a substitute for thinking. 1953 C. E. Osgood Method & Theory Exper. Psychol. p. v I have covered the major portion of what is called experimental psychology including sections on sensory processes, perception, learning, and symbolic processes. 1957 G. Ryle in C. A. Mace Brit. Philos. in Mid-century 258 A not very ancient Oxford Chair of Physics still retains its old label, the Chair of Experimental Philosophy. 1958 J. Cleugh tr. R. Jungk Brighter than Thousand Suns i. 17 It was the theoretical, not the experimental, physicists who were to blame for the confusion. in extended use.1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 55 As speculatists he [the Duke of Bedford] is a glorious subject for their experimental philosophy. 4. Of persons: Skilled in experiment. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective] > conducting experiments > skilled in experiment experimental1811 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 421 A more candid and equitable judge cannot be invoked than the patient and experimental Saussure. 5. Of the nature of an experiment; tentative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective] tentative1588 tentatorya1624 peirasticala1653 peirastic1656 probational1670 experimental1817 experimentative1825 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. i. i. 16 A first and experimental attempt. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 35 A young man's work..may be more or less experimental. 6. a. Of or pertaining to experiments; used in or for making experiments. Frequently as experimental farm. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adjective] > relating to or used for experiments experimental1789 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 28 Oct. in Trav. France (1792) i. 213 Signore Arduino..shewed me the experimental farm. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. Introd. 9 I have..received much useful experimental aid from Mr. E. Davy. 1869 J. Tyndall in Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 236 The experimental tube now before you. 1881 N. Lockyer in Nature No. 617. 398 The spectrum of potassium..varies very much under different experimental conditions. 1895 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1894 12 iv. 143 Six years ago the testing of trees and shrubs..was begun at the experimental farms at Brandon, Manitoba. 1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 14 Jan. 10/3 The Cigarmakers' union..urged that the experimental farms for the growth of tobacco be established in Canada. 1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxv. 319 When Australian subeditors want to make the open page of their papers especially attractive, they cast on to it the great plans that are immediately ahead..about new experimental farms to be planted in every district. b. spec. of a theatre, play, etc. ΚΠ 1929 S. W. Cheney Theatre xxiii. 520 Jacques Copeau..administered one of the..most fruitful of twentieth century experimental theatres. 1931 W. Rothenstein Men & Memories II. xxiv. 205 Experimental theatres are expensive things. 1961 W. P. Bowman & R. H. Ball Theatre Lang. 127 Experimental, said of drama, staging, a type of theatre, etc., which seeks freshness in the writing and production of plays rather than the traditional formulas for commercial or conventional success. 1969 L. Gish & A. Pinchot Lillian Gish xiv. 194 An experimental theater was also hit. †B. n. Obsolete. [The adjective used absol.] a. A trial, an experiment. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] fandingc1000 costningOE assay1330 say?c1335 assayingc1375 experimenta1382 proofc1390 experience1393 tastinga1400 probationc1422 probe?a1425 approof1436 fraistingc1440 examination?1510 saying1512 approving1523 trial1526 test1594 approbationa1616 trya1616 proval1622 tempting1623 probatea1643 experimental1659 testinga1834 1659 C. Noble Moderate Answer 1 Experimentals that have been made..what kind of Government would best go down. b. An experimental proof. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > exemplifying some rule, activity, quality, etc. > serving to confirm or illustrate samplec1380 experimenta1530 experimental1664 test1773 exampling1881 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 130 Pre-demonstrate them, by calculation, before the Senses give an Experimental thereof. c. A fact or datum of experience. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > fact of being affected or experience experience1382 experimental1628 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 5 Art is made, when as one vniversall thing, is framed out of many experimentalls. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 304 Whose Councells are..Notionary, and grounded..not upon experimentalls of most publique concernment. d. plural. Things learned by experience; experimental or practical knowledge. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [noun] > with a subject, skill insightc1175 practice1504 sight1530 experiment1575 discourse1589 practic1592 expertness1659 experimentals1748 sophistication1915 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxiv. 314 As to Experimentals..a mere novice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1449
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