adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Chemistry is an experimental science.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
experimental
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- his experimental band
- an experimental engine
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Experiential, empirical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- experimental knowledge
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
The subject of an experiment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective
Meaning 6
relating to or based on experiment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- experimental physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
relying on observation or experiment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- experimental results that supported the hypothesis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: data-based, observational
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
of the nature of or undergoing an experiment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an experimental drug
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology
From experiment + -al.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: փորձառական (pʻorjaṙakan) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Armenian: փորձնական (pʻorjnakan) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Belarusian: эксперымента́льны (ekspjerymjentálʹny) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Bulgarian: опитен (opiten) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Bulgarian: експериментален (eksperimentalen) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Catalan: experimental — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Chinese Mandarin: 實驗的 /实验的 (shíyàn de) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Czech: pokusný — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Czech: experimentální — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Danish: eksperimentel — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Danish: forsøgsmæssig — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Danish: forsøg- — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Esperanto: eksperimenta — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Finnish: kokeellinen — of or pertaining to an experiment
- French: expérimental — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Galician: experimental — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Georgian: ექსპერიმენტული (eksṗerimenṭuli) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- German: experimentell — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Greek: πειραματικός (peiramatikós) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Hindi: प्रायोगिक (prāyogik) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Hungarian: kísérleti — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Ido: experimentala — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Italian: sperimentale — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Kazakh: істәжірибелік (ıstäjıribelık) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Kazakh: эксперименттік (éksperimenttık) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Korean: 실험적 (silheomjeok) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Norwegian Bokmål: eksperimentell — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eksperimentell — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Polish: eksperymentalny — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Polish: doświadczalny — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Portuguese: experimental — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Romanian: experimental — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Russian: эксперимента́льный (eksperimentálʹnyj) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Russian: о́пытный (ópytnyj) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Spanish: experimental — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Tagalog: tilawin — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Ukrainian: експеримента́льний (eksperymentálʹnyj) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Ukrainian: до́слідний (dóslidnyj) — of or pertaining to an experiment
- Belarusian: паддо́следны (paddósljedny) — serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment
- Russian: подо́пытный (podópytnyj) — serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment
- Ukrainian: піддо́слідний (piddóslidnyj) — serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment
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