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experimental [ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl] adj
1. relating to, based on, or having the nature of experiment an experimental study 2. based on or derived from experience; empirical experimental evidence 3. tending to experiment an experimental artist 4. tentative or provisional an experimental rule in football experimentally adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
experimental adjective 1. test, trial, pilot, preliminary, provisional, tentative, speculative, empirical, exploratory, trial-and-error, fact-finding, probationary The technique is still in the experimental stages. 2. innovative, new, original, radical, creative, ingenious, avant-garde, inventive, ground-breaking He writes bizarre and highly experimental music. Translations experimental [eksˌperɪˈmentl] ADJ [science, method, music] → experimental; [theatre, novel] → vanguardista; [cinema] → de arte y ensayo to be at or in the experimental stage → estar en la fase experimental he gave an experimental tug at the door handle → hizo el experimento de tirar del picaporte experimental [ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl] adj [novel, music] → expérimental(e) (SCIENCE) [study] → expérimental(e); [result] → établi(e) par l'expérience at the experimental stage → au stade expérimental experimental adj (also Sci, Med, Tech etc) → experimentell; experimental theatre (Brit) or theater (US) /cinema → Experimentiertheater nt → /-kino nt; experimental physics/psychology → Experimentalphysik f → /-psychologie f; experimental laboratory/period → Versuchslabor nt → /-zeit f; to be at an or in the experimental stage → sich im Versuchs- or Experimentierstadium befinden; on an experimental basis → versuchsweise; he argued for an experimental lifting of the ban → er argumentierte dafür, das Verbot versuchsweise aufzuheben experimental [ɪksˌpɛrɪˈmɛntl] adj → sperimentale the process is still at the experimental stage → il procedimento è ancora allo stadio sperimentale experimental [ɪksˌpɛrɪˈmɛntl] adj → sperimentale the process is still at the experimental stage → il procedimento è ancora allo stadio sperimentale How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But wherever there is a rich supply of Fog objects that are at a distance, say of three feet, are appreciably dimmer than those at a distance of two feet eleven inches; and the result is that by careful and constant experimental observation of comparative dimness and clearness, we are enabled to infer with great exactness the configuration of the object observed. Thereby finding in the lowest depth a deeper still; and proving herself a very great experimental philosopher. "My father and I found that we could not look after the inventing and experimental end, and money matters, too, and as Ned had had considerable experience this way we made him take over those worries," and Tom laughed genially. |
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