experImental

[Eng. experiment; -al.] 1. Pertaining to, derived from, or founded upon experiment, trial, or experience. 2. Practicing experiments. "A physician and experimental chemist."- Ca ell's Technical Educator , pt. xi., p. 303. *3. Taught by experience; experienced. 1742 ex-pert', a . & 8. [Fr., from Lat. expert us , pa. par. of experior =to try; Sp. & Port. experto ; Ital. esperto.] [EXPERIENCE.] A. As adjective : expire *ex'-pil-āte, v. t. [Lat. expilatus , pa. par. of expilo ; ex out, fully, and pilo =to plunder, to peel.] To plunder, to pillage. *ex-pil-a-tion, s. [Lat. expilatio , from expilo ; robbery, plunder. IMG:content-1282.png:[blocks in formation] "Thy offspring bloom, Expert of arms, and prudent in debate, The gifts of Heaven to guard thy hoary state." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, iv. 290-92. B. As subst.: One who is expert, skilled, or dexter. experimental psychology, 8. That branch of ous in any particular art or profe ion; spec if., a psychology which studies pychic and psycho, physical phenomena experimentally. Experimental psychology has recently become of practical importance through its application to the study of criminology and social therapeutics. By disclosing the causes of abnormal and diseased conditions of the mind, it points the way to their amelioration. Delicately contrived instrumets have been devised for ascertaining the different mental states of various individuals under similar conditions, which disclose with mathematical precision the several temperaments and dispositions of each. These instruments are used in investigations involving a complete study of man in relation to his disposition, susceptibility, education and conduct.