experiment
a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.: a chemical experiment; a teaching experiment; an experiment in living.
the conducting of such operations; experimentation: a product that is the result of long experiment.
Obsolete. experience.
to try or test, especially in order to discover or prove something: to experiment with a new procedure.
Origin of experiment
1synonym study For experiment
Other words for experiment
Other words from experiment
- ex·per·i·ment·er, ex·per·i·men·tor, ex·per·i·men·ta·tor, noun
- pre·ex·per·i·ment, noun
- pro·ex·per·i·ment, adjective
- re·ex·per·i·ment, verb (used without object), noun
- un·ex·per·i·ment·ed, adjective
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How to use experiment in a sentence
Started, that is, with a wide-scale experiment to replicate the Pittsburgh accident.
Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV) (Ep. 440) | Stephen J. Dubner | November 19, 2020 | FreakonomicsIn the experiment, the “breath” from the mannequins was marked with a fluorescent tracer so that researchers could see what happened in real time.
How risky is air travel in the pandemic? Here’s what the science says. | Brian Resnick | November 12, 2020 | VoxIn 2015 in Nature Physics, the ACSEL team reported a glimpse of the Weibel instability in an experiment at OMEGA.
Giant lasers help re-create supernovas’ explosive, mysterious physics | Emily Conover | November 12, 2020 | Science NewsIn 1953, it celebrated the success of their experiments in artificial insemination using frozen bull semen with the birth of a calf they named “Frosty,” and a promotional film declaring this to be “Progress, progress the American way!”
The secret weapon for distributing a potential covid-19 vaccine | Joanna Radin | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostIn physics, however, university labs run joint experiments on the LHC.
Chefs in states with new legislation are already publicly experimenting with dishes for their menus.
For the Rocketship charter network, it means experimenting with ways to use computers to support instruction.
What Charter Schools Are Getting Right And Why They Top Our High School Rankings | Conor P. Williams | August 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCole was clearly experimenting with this, the signature curve of his storytelling, while writing Every Day Is for the Thief.
Teju Cole’s Keen Eye Spares No One—Himself Included | Benjamin Lytal | July 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen we first came by, the chefs were experimenting with Lucky Charms ice cream, including little pastel marshmallows.
“When I went to graduate school, I was still experimenting with being an abstract expressionist,” he said.
He spent a great part of his life in improving and experimenting on various instruments used in agriculture and the arts.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIt began in a simple way, and it took several years of experimenting to put it on a sure foundation.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianThis took considerable experimenting, and Stella, being ingenious, hit upon a scheme for testing various possible arrangements.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonAnd then learn, by experimenting, if such plants could be safely eaten by humans.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinWe find him then experimenting in the conversion of iron into steel.
Captains of Industry | James Parton
British Dictionary definitions for experiment
a test or investigation, esp one planned to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis: a scientific experiment
the act of conducting such an investigation or test; experimentation; research
an attempt at something new or different; an effort to be original: a poetic experiment
an obsolete word for experience
(intr) to make an experiment or experiments
Origin of experiment
1Derived forms of experiment
- experimenter, noun
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Scientific definitions for experiment
[ ĭk-spĕr′ə-mənt ]
A test or procedure carried out under controlled conditions to determine the validity of a hypothesis or make a discovery. See Note at hypothesis.
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