experimental

Universal Words adjective 1 based on new ideas, forms or methods that are used to find out what effect they have: experimental teaching methods * experimental theatre / art / music * The equipment is still at the experimental stage. * Doctors stress that this kind of treatment is still experimental. 2 connected with scientific experiments: experimental conditions / data / evidence experimentally adverb: This theory can be confirmed experimentally. * The new drug is being used experimentally on some patients. * He moved his shoulder experimentally to see if it still hurt.