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# experimental

«experimental» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with experiments, tests done to find something out…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (experimental; more experimental)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Experimental means to do with experiments, tests done to find something out («experimental results»). [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#m2)

3) Experimental art, music or writing tries new, unusual ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/#m3)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «experimental» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/experimental/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.