experimental

adj.

1. 1. Relating to or based on experiment: experimental procedures; experimental results.
   2. Given to experimenting.
2. Of the nature of an experiment; constituting or undergoing a test: an experimental drug.
3. Founded on experience; empirical.

experimentally ex·per'i·men'tal·ly adv.

adjective

Constituting a tentative model for future experiment or development: pilot, test, trial. See start/end.

adj

Definition: exploratory
Antonyms: proven, tested, tried

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Emanating from or pertaining to experiment.

• e. animals — animals kept expressly for the purposes of conducting experiments on them. Called also laboratory animals.
• e. design — the method of allocating experimental units to treatment groups in an experiment; many complicated and sophisticated designs are available, e.g. balanced, unbalanced, crossover, factorial, randomized, non-random, split-plot.
• e. epidemiology — the study of changes effected in populations by changes made in the factors affecting their performance, behavior or health.
• e. model — experiment carried out using a model of a real system which contains some of the risk factors which apply in the real state; the model is a simplification of real life.
• e. study — a study in which all of the risk factors are under the direct control of the investigator.

IN BRIEF: Testing or trial.

All poetry is experimental poetry. — Wallace Stevens (1879-1955).

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - eksperimentel, forsøgs-, foreløbig, erfaringsmæssig, empirisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
experimenteel, proef-, proefondervindelijk

Français (French)
adj. - expérimental, empirique, d'essai (une période), de laboratoire, établi/confirmé par l'expérience

Deutsch (German)
adj. - experimentell, Versuchs-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πειραματικός

Italiano (Italian)
sperimentale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - experimental

Русский (Russian)
экспериментальный, экспериментирующий, эмпирический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - experimental, de prueba

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - experiment-, försöks-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
实验的, 根据实验的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 實驗的, 根據實驗的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 실험적인, 실험용의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 実験的な, 実験の, 実験用の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تجريبي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ניסויי‬

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