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 experimentalists are amassing a treasure trove of data for theorists to explain.
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Their papers used an abstract mathematical framework foreign to the experimentalists who were.
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But for now, experimentalists are still the ones leading the way.
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That’s also where Schoenberg happened to have taught students who went on to become Hollywood film composers, experimentalists or both.
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Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
Their papers used an abstract mathematical framework foreign to the experimentalists who were.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
But for now, experimentalists are still the ones leading the way.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
That’s also where Schoenberg happened to have taught students who went on to become Hollywood film composers, experimentalists or both.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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experimentalist
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ist
-ᵊl-əst
: a person conducting scientific experiments
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