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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•per•i•men•tal (ik sper′ə men′tl),USA pronunciation adj. - pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment:an experimental science.
- of the nature of an experiment;
tentative:The new program is still in an experimental stage. - Show Businessfunctioning as an experiment or used for experimentation:an experimental airplane.
- based on or derived from experience;
empirical:experimental knowledge.
n. - something that is experimental.
- Medieval Latin experīmentālis. See experiment, -al1
- late Middle English 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: experimental /ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl/ adj - relating to, based on, or having the nature of experiment
- based on or derived from experience; empirical
- tending to experiment
- tentative or provisional
ex•per•i•ment /n. ɪkˈspɛrəmənt; v. -ˌmɛnt/USA pronunciation n. - a test, trial, or set of actions, esp. one for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, law, or theory:[countable]a laboratory experiment.
- the conducting of such tests, trials, etc.:[uncountable]to prove by experiment.
v. - to try or test esp. in order to discover or prove something: [~ + with + object]The chemist was experimenting with the formula.[~ + on + object]The scientists experimented on two groups of subjects.
ex•per•i•men•tal, adj. ex•per•i•men•tal•ly, adv. ex•per•i•men•ta•tion /ɪkˌspɛrəmɛnˈteɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•per•i•ment (n. ik sper′ə mənt;v. ek sper′ə ment′),USA pronunciation n. - a test, trial, or tentative procedure;
an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.:a chemical experiment;a teaching experiment;an experiment in living. - the conducting of such operations;
experimentation:a product that is the result of long experiment. - [Obs.]experience.
v.i. - to try or test, esp. in order to discover or prove something:to experiment with a new procedure.
- Latin experīmentum. See experience, -ment
- Middle English: proof 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See trial.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged research, investigation.
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