Experimental
/ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjPertaining to or founded on experiment.
adjServing to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
Sentence Examples
There must be a defect in the experimental method.
Something is wrong with the experimental apparatus.
The school's experimental teaching methods include letting the children decide what to study.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ drug showed promising results in early clinical trials.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctors are testing an ____ new drug that could potentially cure a rare genetic disease.
Word Origin & History
From experiment + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 […]."
— 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 541:
"In its sixty-year history here, some 4,170 engines of the 4-6-0 type have been constructed. This is the vast sequel of that bold experimental step of the Highland Railway in 1894."
— 1954 November, Frank Hewitt, “The First Decade of British 4-6-0 Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 747:
"Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know."
— 2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2012, page 168:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ drug showed promising results in early clinical trials.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctors are testing an ____ new drug that could potentially cure a rare genetic disease.