pilot experiment

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   a preliminary experiment whose outcome can lead to a more extensive experiment

   Broaderexperiment

Questions about pilot experiment

What does pilot experiment mean?

pilot experiment means "a preliminary experiment whose outcome can lead to a more extensive experiment".

Is pilot experiment a common word?

pilot experiment is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.