experimental
adjective
- based on unproven ideas
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/ / /ɪkˌspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/
adj
Etymology: From experiment + -al.
- Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
“Chemistry is an experimental science.”
- Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
“Brown-Séquard, noting that Addison's disease involved the failure of the adrenal (or suprarenal) glands near the kidneys, removed them in experimental animals, and thus proved they were necessary for life […].”
- Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
“his experimental band”
“an experimental engine”
- Experiential, empirical.
“experimental knowledge”
noun
Etymology: From experiment + -al.
- The subject of an experiment.