experimental

 
Pronunciation: /ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛnt(ə)l, ɛk-/

adjective

  • 1(of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized: an experimental drug
  • relating to scientific experiments: experimental results
  • 2(of art or an artistic technique) involving a radically new and innovative style: experimental music
  • 3 archaic based on experience as opposed to authority or conjecture: an experimental knowledge of God

Derivatives

experimentalism

noun

experimentalist

noun

experimentally

adverb

Origin:

late 15th century (in the sense 'having personal experience', also 'experienced, observed'): from medieval Latin experimentalis, from Latin experimentum (see experiment)