experimentalist
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ist
ik-ˌsper-ə-ˈmen-tə-ləst 
also -ˌspir-
: one who experiments
specifically
: a person conducting scientific experiments
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In such a future, instead of spending most of their time proving theorems, mathematicians will play the role of critic, translator, conductor, experimentalist.
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Creating a real black hole is beyond them, but experimentalists are looking at the same chaotic dynamics in ions, condensates and other material systems.
—George Musser, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
But in order to slot a Johnson figure into Phyl’s story, Coe gives Cockerill a different life span and — in a somewhat more radical change — presents this forlorn experimentalist as a hero of the British right, who is celebrated in the present day as a special guest at TrueCon.
—Leo Robson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Indeed, even expert experimentalists improved their solutions dramatically by using this interface.
—Ottó Elíasson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2019
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Creating a real black hole is beyond them, but experimentalists are looking at the same chaotic dynamics in ions, condensates and other material systems.
—George Musser, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
But in order to slot a Johnson figure into Phyl’s story, Coe gives Cockerill a different life span and — in a somewhat more radical change — presents this forlorn experimentalist as a hero of the British right, who is celebrated in the present day as a special guest at TrueCon.
—Leo Robson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Indeed, even expert experimentalists improved their solutions dramatically by using this interface.
—Ottó Elíasson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2019
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experimentalist
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ist
-ᵊl-əst
: a person conducting scientific experiments
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