About The Word Experiment
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Experiment
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What's The Definition Of Experiment?
[n] the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
[n] a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard" [n] the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories" [v] to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease" [v] try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style" Synonyms | Synonyms for Experiment: experimentation | experimentation Related Terms | Find terms related to Experiment: analysis | analyze | approach | assay | attempt | bid | bring to test | confirm | crack | cut and try | effort | endeavor | enquiry | essay | examination | examine | experimentation | fling | gambit | give a try | give a tryout | go | have a go | inquiry | investigate | investigation | lick | move | offer | play around with | policy | practice upon | probe | procedure | proof | prove | put to trial | research | road-test | run a sample | sample | scrutinize | search | shake down | shot | stab | step | stroke | strong bid | study | substantiate | taste | tentative | test | trial | trial and error | trial run | try | try anything once | try it on | try out | undertaking | validate | verify | weigh | whack See Also | condition | control | control condition | control experiment | enquiry | experimental condition | inquiry | investigate | look into | Michelson-Morey experiment | pilot experiment | research | research project | scientific research | test | testing | trial | trial and error | trial run | tryout | venture Experiment In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*per"i*ment\, n. [L. experimentum, fr. experiri to
try: cf. OF. esperiment, experiment. See {Experience}.]
1. Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove
something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined
by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in
order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to
test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known
truth; practical test; poof.
A political experiment can not be made in a
laboratory, not determinant in a few hours. --J.
Adams.
2. Experience. [Obs.]
Adam, by sad experiment I know How little weight my
words with thee can find. --Milton.
\Ex*per"i*ment\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Experimented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Experinenting}.] To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power. \Ex*per"i*ment\, v. t. To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. |
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