experimental
Not yet proven
Experimental describes something done as an experiment—testing an idea, method, or product that isn't yet established.
An experimental drug is still being evaluated.
Experimental music or film breaks from convention to try new forms.
The word often signals that results are uncertain or that something exists as a trial rather than a finished product: The program is still experimental.
Innovative cultural pioneers
- vanguardForemost position or group
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- trailblazingBeing the first through
pioneering · visionary · progressive · futuristic · disruptive · revolutionary · modernist · postmodern
Testable proposed explanation
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- controlAuthority to direct
- variableProne to fluctuation
- dataFacts for analysis
analysis · empirical · laboratory · observation · measurement · replication · double-blind · placebo
New and unusual
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- inventiveShowing original thought
- originalFirst or inventive
unorthodox · creative · imaginative · ingenious · inspired · exploratory · speculative · untested
One who steers aircraft
- testEvaluative examination
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- alphaFirst Greek letter
- proof-of-conceptFeasibility demonstration
prototype · preliminary · feasibility · testbed · dry-run · sandbox · field-test · validation
avant-garde
Innovative cultural pioneers
- vanguardForemost position or group
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
trailblazing · pioneering · visionary · progressive · futuristic · disruptive · revolutionary · modernist · postmodern · surrealist
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- controlAuthority to direct
- variableProne to fluctuation
data · analysis · empirical · laboratory · observation · measurement · replication · double-blind · placebo · randomization
novel
New and unusual
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas
- inventiveShowing original thought
original · unorthodox · creative · imaginative · ingenious · inspired · exploratory · speculative · untested · untried
pilot
One who steers aircraft
proof-of-concept · prototype · preliminary · feasibility · testbed · dry-run · sandbox · field-test · validation · iteration
- poetry typeshaiku, sonnet, limerick, ballad, ode
- music genresblues, pop, jazz, rock, classical
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- film genreshorror, comedy, drama, action, romance
- prosenovel, novels, short story, novellas, essay
- creative traitscreative, imaginative, inventive, innovative, original
experimentalestablished
Formally set up
proven · standard · tried · conventional · tested
experimentaldefinitive
Settling a question finally
conclusive · proven · proved · confirmed · established
experimentaltheoretical
Based on hypothesis, untested
nonempirical · theoretic · speculative · unempirical · a priori
- science experimentMethodical investigation testing hypotheses
- experimental artInnovative, non-traditional creative work
- experimental stagePeriod of initial testing
- social experimentStaged scenario studying reactions
- experimental methodControlled testing for knowledge
- experimental treatmentUnproven medical procedure being tested
experiment, experiments, experimented, experimentation, experimenter, experimentally, experimentalist, experimentalism, experimental design