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EXPERIMENTALLY

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 I. (adverb) 

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Meaning:

In an experimental fashion

Example:

this can be experimentally determined

Synonyms:

by experimentation; experimentally; through an experiment

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

experimental (relying on observation or experiment)

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 Context examples: 

Models used experimentally or theoretically to study molecular shape, electronic properties, or interactions; includes analogous molecules, computer-generated graphics, and mechanical structures.

(Molecular Model, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethyl methanesulfonate may be used experimentally in biomedical research.

(Ethyl Methanesulfonate, NCI Thesaurus)

Used experimentally as a mutagen and carcinogen, ethylnitrosourea alkylates DNA and proteins, thereby damaging DNA and inducing point mutations.

(Ethylnitrosourea, NCI Thesaurus)

Do you not see how, of late, this monster has been creeping into knowledge experimentally.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

For the study, 201 healthy adults were quarantined, experimentally exposed to a virus that causes a common cold and monitored for five days for the development of a respiratory illness.

(How Parents' Separation Impacts Adult Kids, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The device, which was tested experimentally by Lepage’s co-authors from the Institut Néel, measures just a few millionths of a metre long.

(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)

Tests to experimentally measure the tumor-producing/cancer cell-producing potency of an agent by administering the agent (e.g., benzanthracenes) and observing the quantity of tumors or the cell transformation developed over a given period of time.

(Carcinogenicity Test, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The researchers say they should now be in a position to better understand how the three stem cell types interact to enable the embryo to develop, by experimentally altering biological pathways in one cell type and seeing how this affects the behaviour of one, or both, of the other cell types.

(Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’ created from stem cells, University of Cambridge)

Rising temperatures in the tundra of northern latitudes could affect microbial communities in ways likely to increase their production of the greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide, a new study of experimentally warmed Alaskan soil suggests.

(Rising tundra temperatures lead to changes in microbial communities, National Science Foundation)

The critical acceleration that we obtained experimentally on glass tubes and 3-D printed ear canals was around the range of 10 times the force of gravity for infant ear sizes, which could cause damage to the brain.

(Shaking head to free water in ears could cause brain damage in kids, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)