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adjective

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

adj

Definition: exploratory
Antonyms: proven, tested, tried

IN BRIEF: Used in testing or trials.

They used the medicine experimentally until it was known to be completely safe.

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abbr.: exptl.;

1. of, relating to, or based on the results of, an experiment or experimentation.
2. describing a disease produced deliberately in laboratory plants or animals for the purposes of study or as a model for the natural disease condition.
3. any particular object or system in an experiment that includes, or is subjected to, one of the variables. Compare control (def. 1).

—experimentally adv.

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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.

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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