different between experimental vs preliminary

English

Etymology

experiment +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ksp????m?nt?l/, /?k?sp????m?nt?l/
• Rhymes: -?nt?l

Adjective

experimental (comparative more experimental, superlative most experimental)

1. Pertaining to or founded on experiment.

2. (sciences) Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 541:

     Brown-Séquard, noting that Addison's disease involved the failure of the adrenal (or suprarenal) glands near the kidneys, removed them in experimental animals, and thus proved they were necessary for life […].

3. Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.

   his experimental band

   an experimental engine

4. Experiential, empirical.

   experimental knowledge

Derived terms

• experimentally

Translations

Noun

experimental (plural experimentals)

1. The subject of an experiment.

See also

• control

References

Catalan

Adjective

experimental (masculine and feminine plural experimentals)

1. experimental

Derived terms

• experimentalisme
• experimentalista
• experimentalment

Related terms

• experiment
• experimentar

Further reading

• “experimental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “experimental” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “experimental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “experimental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Adjective

experimental (feminine singular experimentale, masculine plural experimentaux, feminine plural experimentales)

1. Misspelling of expérimental.

Galician

Adjective

experimental m or f (plural experimentais)

1. experimental

Related terms

• experimento

Further reading

• “experimental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Adjective

experimental (not comparable)

1. experimental

Related terms

• experimento

Portuguese

Adjective

experimental m or f (plural experimentais, comparable)

1. experimental (of, pertaining to or being an experiment)

Further reading

• “experimental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French expérimental, from Latin experimentalis.

Adjective

experimental m or n (feminine singular experimental?, masculine plural experimentali, feminine and neuter plural experimentale)

1. experiential

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

experimental (plural experimentales)

1. experimental

Related terms

• experimento

Further reading

• “experimental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• præliminary (archaic)

Etymology

From the French préliminaire or from Modern Latin prael?min?ris, formed from prae- (“before”) + l?men (“threshold”) + -?ris (adjectival suffix); compare Latin l?min?ris (“of or belonging to a threshold”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: pr?l?m??n?ri, IPA^(key): /p???l?m?n??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pr?l?m??n?ri, IPA^(key): /p???l?m?n??i/

Adjective

preliminary (not comparable)

1. In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.

   Synonyms: initial, introductory, preparatory

   Antonyms: definitive, final

   • And then, after a few preliminary tries, the whole farm burst out into 'Beasts of England' in tremendous unison.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

preliminary (plural preliminaries)

1. A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
2. Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists
3. A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing

Translations