experimental
/ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/
experimental adjective: pertaining to or founded on experiment.
Adjective
experimental (comparative more experimental, superlative most experimental)
- Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
- Chemistry is an experimental science.
- Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
- Brown-Séquard, noting that Addison's disease involved the failure of the adrenal (or suprarenal) glands near the kidneys, removed them in experimental animals, and thus proved they were necessary for life […].1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 541
- Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
- his experimental band
- an experimental engine
- Experiential, empirical.
- experimental knowledge
Noun
experimental (plural experimentals)
- The subject of an experiment.
experimental meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
experimental in Hindi
- of or pertaining to an experiment
- प्रायोगिक prāyogik
experimental in Tamil
- சோதனை வழி, பரீட்சார்த்த, பரிசோதனையான, பரிசோதிப்பான
experimental in Marathi
- प्रायोगिक, प्रयोगशील, प्रयोगात्मक
experimental in Urdu
- تجرباتی
More languagesFewer languages
- experimental in Bengali
- পরীক্ষামূলক, গবেষণামূলক, পরীক্ষালব্ধ, গবেষণা দ্বারা লব্ধ
- experimental in Telugu
- ప్రయోగాత్మకం
- experimental in Malayalam
- പരീക്ഷണാത്മകം, പരീക്ഷണരൂപത്തിലുള്ള, പരീക്ഷണാർത്ഥമുള്ള, പരീക്ഷണാടിസ്ഥാനത്തിലുള്ള
- experimental in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰਯੋਗਾਤਮਕ
- experimental in Odia
- ପରୀକ୍ଷାମୂଳକ, ପରୀକ୍ଷଣାତ୍ମକ
- experimental in Nepali
- प्रयोगात्मक, प्रायोगिक
- experimental in Tagalog
- tilawin
Examples of experimental in a sentence
- The metabolisation of gluten was improved after the experimental supplement was administered to coeliac patients.
- The experimental broccoli ice cream flavor was left on the cutting room floor after market research.
- This is causing a reenvisagement of the whole problem and the rearrangement of our whole experimental program.
Forms of experimental
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more experimental |
| superlative | most experimental |
| Noun | |
| plural | experimentals |
Origin of experimental
From experiment + -al.
Words formed from experimental
- experimental aesthetics
- experimental design
- experimentalise
- experimentalism
- experimentalist
- experimentality
- experimentalize
- experimentally
- experimentalness
- experimental probability
- interexperimental
- intraexperimental
- nonexperimental
- postexperimental
- preexperimental
- quasiexperimental
- self-experimental
- sexperimental
- unexperimental
Phrases with experimental
Words that rhyme with experimental
- mental
- transcendental
- accidental
- complemental
- gentle
- elemental
- oriental
- rental
- trental
- continental
- dental
- instrumental
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- incruental
- lentil
- predental
- temperamental
- bidental
- cental
- coincidental
- decremental
- documental
- emolumental
- environmental
- firmamental
- interdental
- interdepartmental
- judgmental
- occidental
- parliamental
- pseudodental
- submental
- supradental
- addental
- adjustmental
- advectional
- affectational
- agro-environmental
- alimental
- alveolodental
- amental
- antidental
- apartmental
- apicodental
- aplacental
- argental
- argumental
- atlantodental
- atramental
- bimental
- bioenvironmental
- biparental
- cemental
- cervicomental
- cliental
- compartmental
- componental
- craniodental
- departmental
- developmental
- diaplacental
Questions about experimental
- What does experimental mean?
- Experimental means pertaining to or founded on experiment.
- What is experimental in Hindi?
- Experimental in Hindi is प्रायोगिक (prāyogik). See Experimental meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is experimental?
- Experimental can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce experimental?
- Experimental is pronounced /ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/.
Words near experimental in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: experimental (page history and authors); experimental (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); experimental (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); experimental (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); experimental (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); experimental (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); experimental (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); experimental (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); experimental (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); experimental (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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