ex|per|i|men|tal

ex|per|i|men|tal
ex|per|i|men|tal «ehk SPEHR uh MEHN tuhl», adjective.
1. based on experiments: »

Chemistry is an experimental science.

2. used for experiments: »

A new variety of wheat was developed at the experimental farm.

3. for testing or trying out: »

a young bird's experimental attempts to fly. This trip in the model of the new car will be only experimental. Youth is wholly experimental (Robert Louis Stevenson).

4. based on experience, not on theory or authority: »

experimental knowledge.

SYNONYM(S): empirical.

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