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ex·per·i·men·tal

experimental

 
 
pronunciation:
ihk spe r men tl
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part of speech: adjective
definition 1: of or related to a test, trial, or experiment.
the fields of experimental and clinical medicine
similar words:
trial
definition 2: of the nature or character of an experiment.
an experimental airplane
similar words:
avant-garde
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)experimental randomly
(adj.)experimental + adverb significantly
(adj.)experimental + noun aircraft, analysis, animal, apparatus, approach, basis, biology, comparison, compound, condition, control, data, demonstration, design, drug, ecosystem, effectiveness, error, ethnography, evaluation, evidence, feedback, fiction, finding, fishing, group, hypnosis, hypothesis, investigation, laboratory, laser, manipulation, measurement, mechanic, medication, method, methodology, model, modeling, observation, paradigm, particle, phase, philosophy, physicist, physics, plot, prediction, procedure, protocol, prototype, psychologist, psychology, quantum, rat, reactor, research, result, session, setting, setup, simulation, stimulus, study, subgroup, subject, surgery, task, technique, test, testing, theater, therapy, transplant, trap, treatment, trial, uncertainty, vaccine, variable, verification, watershed  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: experimentally (adv.)
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Word Parts  About this feature
The word experimental contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual Latin adjective-forming suffix that means pertaining to
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The suffix -al2, -ial attaches primarily to nouns (national , environmental ) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots (final , capital , comical ) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.