experimental stage

collocation in English

meaningsofexperimentalandstage

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experimental
adjective
uk
/ɪkˌsper.ɪˈmen.təl/us
/ɪkˌsper.əˈmen.t̬əl/
using new methods, ideas, substances, etc. that have not been tried before, usually in order to find out what effect ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofexperimentalandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexperimental stage

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The use of these compounds, however, is very much in theexperimentalstage.
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For theexperimentalstage, eight quasi-randomized lists of sentence fragments were created for each task.
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However, pension reform was still at itsexperimentalstage, and methods of pension pooling varied from place to place.
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In theexperimentalstage, attention control was tested using the alternating runs attention-shifting task.
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So far, work on equity- efficiency trade-offs remains at anexperimentalstage.
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Intrauterine devices are still deemed to be in anexperimentalstageand are not recommended for nulliparous women.
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Each condition consisted of a training stage and anexperimentalstage.
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This was followed by theexperimentalstage(repeat and attention shift trials intermixed), consisting of one 48-trial practice block and two 96-trial test blocks.
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In this country at least, all these machines are still in theexperimentalstage.
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The nationalised industries are still at anexperimentalstage.
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Of course, nothing of the sort has occurred, and at this moment nationalisation is still not only in itsexperimentalstagebut on trial.
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It is understood that the work is in theexperimentalstage.
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Admittedly it is in theexperimentalstage, but people whose job it is to study the tsetse fly should have heard of it.
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Although hundreds of thousands of pounds have been spent, low-temperature carbonisation is even now in anexperimentalstage.
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My technical advisers consider that television is still only in theexperimentalstage.
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The use of motorcars for this purpose is at present in theexperimentalstage.
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I am advised that geophysical methods of exploration for minerals are at present largely in theexperimentalstage.
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But we are at anexperimentalstageof our examination of such projects.
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I admit that the particular hour of eleven is still in theexperimentalstage.
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Nobody can know which is going to be the arm of the future, because they are both in theexperimentalstage.
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