experimentalist
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Definition of experimentalist
: one who experiments
specifically
: a person conducting scientific experiments
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Wu is the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an experimentalist at CERN, the laboratory near Geneva that houses the Large Hadron Collider. — Quanta Magazine, "Three Major Physics Discoveries and Counting," 18 July 2018 Given that theoreticians cannot tell the interpretations apart, experimentalists are thinking about how to implement the thought experiment, in the hope of further illuminating the problem. — Wired, "A New Quantum Paradox Flags Errors in Our View of Reality," 9 Dec. 2018 Virtually every left-of-center rapper, rock band, pop artist, or noisy experimentalist playing has been championed by the site's review section. — Chris Payne, Billboard, "What Does It Mean to Be an Independent Festival in 2019?," 26 June 2019 At meetings and workshops, theorists and experimentalists are working closely to coordinate the various proposals and plans for testing them. — Quanta Magazine, "Physicists Eye Quantum-Gravity Interface," 31 Oct. 2013 Leave it to sartorial experimentalist Kelsey Lu to pull off the heelless heel. — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, "Only Kelsey Lu Could Pull Off These Freaky Sock-Sneaker Heels," 28 Nov. 2018 For the classicist, there is Brandon Maxwell鈥檚 Texan shirtdress; for the experimentalist, Sacai鈥檚 pleated-front top. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "Living Coral Is the Pantone Color of the Year鈥擧ere鈥檚 How to Wear It," 7 Dec. 2018 His authorial intrusions, jump cuts and sheer mischief influenced American experimentalists like John Barth and Donald Barthelme. — New York Times, "10 New Books We Recommend This Week," 14 June 2018 There have been several experimentalists that claim to have observed the supersolid state, but none of the experiments have been clear enough to make the claim unequivocal. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Bose Einstein condensate may reveal supersolid鈥檚 secrets," 28 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'experimentalist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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experimentalist
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Medical Definition of experimentalist
: a person conducting scientific experiments