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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Most experimentalists make Ising computers universal by using a special state of Ising anyons.
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Ananya Palivela, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2025
DeVille traces the knockoff effect that happened over time, like when the unpredictable pop experimentalists of MGMT were succeeded—and commercially eclipsed—by bands with blander takes on their ideas (Capital Cities, Foster the People, Empire of the Sun).
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
In such a future, instead of spending most of their time proving theorems, mathematicians will play the role of critic, translator, conductor, experimentalist.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
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
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Ananya Palivela, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2025
DeVille traces the knockoff effect that happened over time, like when the unpredictable pop experimentalists of MGMT were succeeded—and commercially eclipsed—by bands with blander takes on their ideas (Capital Cities, Foster the People, Empire of the Sun).
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
In such a future, instead of spending most of their time proving theorems, mathematicians will play the role of critic, translator, conductor, experimentalist.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
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
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“Experimentalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/experimentalist. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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experimentalist
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ist
-ᵊl-əst
: a person conducting scientific experiments
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