experimentalistn.
/ᵻkˌspɛrᵻˈmɛntl̩ɪst/, /ɛkˌspɛrᵻˈmɛntl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ɪkˌspɛrəˈmɛn(t)l̩əst/, /ɛkˌspɛrəˈmɛn(t)l̩əst/ 1. One who devotes himself to experimental research in some branch of science; one who is skilled in performing experiments.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > chemistry > experiments > [noun] > one who carries out
experimentalist1762
1762 W. Jones Ess. First Princ. Nat. Philos. i. iii. 26 There is hardly a motion in nature, which this fluid, when applied by a diligent experimentalist, is not capable of producing.
1787 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Norfolk I. 366 Praise which is due to every experimentalist in agriculture.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. iv. 126 The qualities that distinguish an observer of nature from a mere experimentalist.
1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 20 This person..was the last active experimentalist who believed that transmutation has actually been performed.
1881 J. Lubbock in Nature No. 618. 411 Faraday, the prince of pure experimentalists.
2. One who is fond of trying experiments, or who advocates new schemes.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > one who experiments > one who advocates experimentation
experimentalist1828
1828 R. Whately Elem. Rhetoric i. iii. §2 Being regarded as a dangerous experimentalist.
1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 363 Making ‘districts’..seems..the favourite scheme of the experimentalists.
3. nonce use. One who has an experimental sense of religion.
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1806 A. Knox Serm. I. 34 The..disagreement between the merely moral Christian and the experimentalist.
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