(of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized (新发明,新产品)试验性的 an experimental drug. 试验性药物。 ■(of a work of art or an artistic technique) involving a radically new and innovative style (艺术作品,艺术手法)尝试性的 experimental music. 尝试性音乐。 ■of or relating to scientific experiments (与)试验(有关)的 experimental results. 试验结果。 ■(archaic)based on experience as opposed to authority or conjecture (古)根据经验的;经验上的 an experimental knowledge of God. 有关上帝的经验性认识。
late 15th cent. (in the sense 'having personal experience', also 'experienced, observed'): from medieval Latin experimentalis, from Latin experimentum (see experiment)