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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The team is now engaging with experimentalists to validate their computational predictions, which would eventually bridge the gap between theoretical models and observable reality.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
Most experimentalists make Ising computers universal by using a special state of Ising anyons.
—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
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
Most experimentalists make Ising computers universal by using a special state of Ising anyons.
—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
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experimentalist
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ist
-ᵊl-əst
: a person conducting scientific experiments
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