EXPERIMENTAL


Meaning of EXPERIMENTAL in English

/ ɪkˌsperɪˈmentl; NAmE / adjective

1.

based on new ideas, forms or methods that are used to find out what effect they have :

experimental teaching methods

experimental theatre / art / music

The equipment is still at the experimental stage.

2.

connected with scientific experiments :

experimental conditions / data / evidence

►  ex·peri·men·tal·ly / -təli; NAmE / adverb :

This theory can be confirmed experimentally.

The new drug is being used experimentally on some patients.

He moved his shoulder experimentally to see if it still hurt.

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent. (in the sense having personal experience , also experienced, observed ): from medieval Latin experimentalis , from Latin experimentum , from experiri try.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.