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experimental | tinkered |

As an adjective experimental

is pertaining to or founded on experiment.

As a noun experimental

is that which is experimental.

As a verb tinkered is

past tense of tinker.

experimental

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
    • Chemistry is an experimental science .
  • # (sciences) nbsp; Serving to be experimented upon.
  • R was a member of the experimental group , Z was a member of the control group.
  • Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author=Colin Allen , title=Do I See What You See? , volume=100, issue=2, page=168 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}
    his experimental band
    an experimental engine
  • Experiential, empirical.
    • experimental knowledge

    Derived terms

    * experimentally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is experimental.

    • See also

    * control ----

    tinkered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tinker)

    • tinker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin
  • (dated, chiefly, British, and, Irish, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.
  • A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
  • Someone who repairs, or attempts repair on anything mechanical (tinkers) or invents.
  • The act of repair or invention.
  • (military, obsolete) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
  • Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.
  • A bird, the razor-billed auk.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (mischievous person) rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel * (member of the travelling community) traveller

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert M. Pringle , title=How to Be Manipulative , volume=100, issue=1, page=31 , magazine= citation , passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}
  • To work as a tinker.

    • See also

    * * tinker's damn

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