experimentalist
Americannoun
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a person who enjoys experimenting or trying new things, especially in the arts.
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a scientist whose research relies on experiments or who is skilled in designing and conducting them.
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a person who subscribes to philosophical empiricism.
adjective
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fond of experimenting or trying new things, especially in the arts.
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of or relating to a scientific or philosophical emphasis on experiment or experience rather than theory.
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"As an experimentalist, one of the most satisfying things is when several independent measurements begin to tell the same story," Zhu said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
The path to Bieber’s first No. 1 on the Hot 100 was cleared by a better, more interesting song that reframed him as a dreamboat experimentalist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Prominent among these were ballets by Ms. Tharp, the one-time experimentalist modern-dance maker whose creations for ABT made up the opening bill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
This playlist is a chronological tour through Charli XCX’s many eras, from her time as a precocious club kid to her more recent reign as a forward-thinking pop experimentalist.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Ernest Lawrence’s renown as an experimentalist and the father of the most productive instrument for researching the atom had spread coast to coast.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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