experimental
adjective
pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment.
experimentally
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a word derived from
experimental.
Example Sentences
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That means researchers may have a realistic path toward testing the prediction experimentally.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
The question became widely known during the 1980s after physicist Richard Feynman described his own unsuccessful attempts to investigate it experimentally.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
AI models predict promising targets and molecules, researchers test those predictions experimentally, and the resulting data are fed back into the models to improve their next round of predictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
To investigate this idea experimentally, Professor Barontini created a simplified quantum "universe" using a cloud of 24,000 ultracold atoms cooled to just a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
This direct transmission into milk had been demonstrated experimentally for heptachlor in 1955, long before the control program was undertaken, and was later reported for dieldrin, also used in the fire ant program.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
