Antonyms for experimental


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ik-sper-uh-men-tl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˌspɛr əˈmɛn tl


Definition of experimental

Origin :
  • mid 15c., "having experience," from experiment (n.) + -al (1). Meaning "based on experience" is from 1560s. Meaning "for the sake of experiment" is from 1792 (e.g. Experimental farm).
  • adj exploratory
Example sentences :
  • Edison was acquainted with two experimental facts on which to base the invention.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The scientific mind is not confined wholly to experimental research.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • I've got a new idea for a battery, and I made an experimental one.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
  • Experimental model or not, this was a nice-looking hunk of machinery.
  • Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
  • Well, if we were talking science instead of common sense, we should call that an Experimental Verification.
  • Extract from : « The Method By Which The Causes Of The Present And Past Conditions Of Organic Nature Are To Be Discovered.--The Origination Of Living Beings » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • There is also a Government station here, and an experimental garden.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • The week-day school of religion is still in an experimental stage.
  • Extract from : « The Farmer and His Community » by Dwight Sanderson
  • He has lately been feeding ten steers in an experimental way.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various
  • Part of the experimental model vaporized, wooosh, just like that.
  • Extract from : « Teething Ring » by James Causey
  • The most frequent advanced course is one in experimental psychology.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

Synonyms for experimental

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