experimental
adjective
ex·per·i·men·tal
ik-ˌsper-ə-ˈmen-tᵊl 
also -ˌspir-
1
: of, relating to, or based on experience or experiment
2
a
: serving the ends of or used as a means of experimentation
an experimental school
b
: relating to or having the characteristics of experiment : tentative
still in the experimental stage
Examples of experimental in a Sentence
The fuel is being used on an experimental basis.
an experimental procedure for patients suffering from leukemia
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The show’s origins lie in its creator Greg Kotis’s rage at having to pay for public toilets in Europe after performing at a festival in Romania with his experimental troupe, the Neo-Futurists.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Kangaroo egg injected with sperm The experimental IVF process saw embryos produced by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), which as the video demonstrates, is a delicate procedure that sees a single sperm injected directly into a mature egg.
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It is implied that the family did not receive any of the funds they were promised in order to afford the experimental surgery that might save his life.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025
Ratledge flexed his fingers in other ways, too, building his own recording studio and working on film soundtracks alongside Mike Oldfield, composer David Bedford, and Jenkins, like 1977’s experimental Riddle of the Sphinx.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Kangaroo egg injected with sperm The experimental IVF process saw embryos produced by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), which as the video demonstrates, is a delicate procedure that sees a single sperm injected directly into a mature egg.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
It is implied that the family did not receive any of the funds they were promised in order to afford the experimental surgery that might save his life.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025
Ratledge flexed his fingers in other ways, too, building his own recording studio and working on film soundtracks alongside Mike Oldfield, composer David Bedford, and Jenkins, like 1977’s experimental Riddle of the Sphinx.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Experimental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/experimental. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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experimental
adjective
ex·per·i·men·tal
ik-ˌsper-ə-ˈment-ᵊl
1
a
: of, relating to, or based on experience or experiment
experimental evidence
b
: subjected to the condition that is different from normal for a factor being tested in an experiment
the experimental group
2
: relating to or having the characteristics of experiment : tentative sense 1
still in the experimental stage
Medical Definition
experimental
adjective
ex·per·i·men·tal
ik-ˌsper-ə-ˈment-ᵊl also -ˌspir-
1
: of, relating to, or based on experience or experiment
2
: founded on or derived from experiment
the heart of the experimental method is the direct control of the thing studied—B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner3
of a disease
: intentionally produced especially in laboratory animals for the purpose of study
experimental diabetes
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