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# experimental

adjective (experimental; more experimental)

«experimental» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Experimental means to do with experiments, tests done to find something out («experimental results»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#m1)
2. Experimental means new and still being tested, not yet proved to work («an experimental drug», «an experimental plane»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#m2)
3. Experimental art, music or writing tries new, unusual ways. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, «experimental» data comes from your own test; you compare it with your prediction, and keep a fair test by changing only one thing. In news, experimental medicines are being tested before doctors use them widely. In music and art, «experimental» means unusual or daring.

### Examples

- Write your experimental results in a table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#x1)
- The experimental method helps us test ideas fairly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#x2)
- The plane is experimental and has never carried passengers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#x3)
- Doctors tried an experimental medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#x4)
- The band plays strange, experimental music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#x5)
- Our experimental group of plants got extra light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#x6)
- The new timetable is only experimental for this term. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#x7)

### Note

Adjective from «experiment». In science, the «experimental group» gets the change, the «control group» does not. Stress: «ex-PERR-i-MEN-tul».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «experimental» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«experimental» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/experimental.html) on Mova free.