Definition of experimental adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science. 2. tentative: an experimental stage. 3. based on or derived from experience; empirical.
Experimental means using, used in, or resulting from scientific experiments. ...the main techniques of experimental science. The experimental evidence failed to live up to the psychological theories.
experimental (comparative more experimental, superlative most experimental) Pertaining to or founded on experiment. Chemistry is an experimental science.
of the nature of an experiment; tentative: The new program is still in an experimental stage. Show Business functioning as an experiment or used for experimentation: an experimental airplane. based on or derived from experience; empirical: experimental knowledge. n. something that is experimental.
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