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单词 experimental
释义 ex·per·i·men·tal
I. \ik|sperə|mentəl, ÷-pir-, ek|-, ˌekˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin experimentalis, from Latin experimentum + -alis -al
1. : of, relating to, or based on experience : empirical
 < misgivings, intensified … by experimental knowledge of the difficulties to be overcome, seem to hem me in — Arnold Bennett >
2.
 a. : founded on, derived from, or discovered by experiment
  < the heart of the experimental method is the direct control of the thing studied — B.F.Skinner >
 b. : given to or skilled in experiment
  < experimental philosophers could only indicate how gravity operated — S.F.Mason >
3.
 a. : serving the ends of or used as a means of experimentation
  < experimental animals >
  < the experimental theater >
  < an experimental school >
 b. of a disease : intentionally produced especially in laboratory animals for the purpose of study
  < experimental tuberculosis >
4. : relating to or having the characteristics of experiment : tentative
 < experimental flights will start this autumn — in fact, almost as soon as the two machines can be fitted with floats — London Calling >
 < free verse is not yet out of the experimental stage — J.L.Lowes >
II. noun
(-s)
1. obsolete : something learned by experience
 < as to experimentals … a mere novice — Samuel Richardson >
2.
 a. : something experimental
  < don't try experimentals until you've had plenty of experience with the straight radio play — Josephina Niggli >
 b. : a plant or animal used in an experiment — compare control
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