experimental
/ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.28 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
adj
Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
adj
Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
adj
noun
The subject of an experiment.
Example Sentences
- "Chemistry is an experimental science."
- "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 […]."
- "his experimental band"
- "an experimental engine"
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From experiment + -al.