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experiment

[ noun ik-sper-uh-muhnt; verb ek-sper-uh-ment ]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. the conducting of such operations; experimentation:

    a product that is the result of long experiment.

    Synonyms: investigation, research

  3. Obsolete. experience.


verb (used without object)

  1. to try or test, especially in order to discover or prove something:

    to experiment with a new procedure.

experiment

noun

  1. a test or investigation, esp one planned to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis: a scientific experiment
  2. the act of conducting such an investigation or test; experimentation; research
  3. an attempt at something new or different; an effort to be original

    a poetic experiment

  4. an obsolete word for experience
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to make an experiment or experiments
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

experiment

/ ĭk-spĕrə-mənt /

  1. A test or procedure carried out under controlled conditions to determine the validity of a hypothesis or make a discovery.
  2. See Note at hypothesis


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Derived Forms

  • exˈperiˌmenter, noun
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Other Words From

  • 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of experiment1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English: “proof,” from Latin experīmentum “test, trial,” from experī(rī) “to test, try” ( experience ) + -mentum -ment
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Word History and Origins

Origin of experiment1

C14: from Latin experīmentum proof, trial, from experīrī to test; see experience
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Synonym Study

See trial.
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Example Sentences

IBM hopes that a platform like RoboRXN could dramatically speed up that process by predicting the recipes for compounds and automating experiments.

The hope there is for improved sensitivity in searches for dark matter or experiments that might reveal some long-sought flaws in our standard model of particle physics.

The experiment represents early progress toward the possible development of an ultra-secure communications network beamed from space.

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The new experiment represents, however, the first time scientists have applied machine learning to “validation,” a further step toward confirming results that involves additional statistical calculation.

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At first, the sites amounted to experiments on the outer edges of the crypto universe, but in 2020 they have started to attract real money.

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To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

If the noble experiment of American democracy is to mean anything, it is fidelity to the principle of freedom.

A classroom experiment seeks to demonstrate what it looks like.

This video, courtesy of BuzzFeed, tries a bit of an experiment to get some answers.

In the fall of 1992, Booker became a vegetarian “as an experiment,” he said, “and I was surprised by how much my body took to it.”

With Bacon, experientia does not always mean observation; and may mean either experience or experiment.

I made the experiment two years ago, and all my experience since has corroborated the conclusion then arrived at.

But this is quite enough to justify the inconsiderable expense which the experiment I urge would involve.

He commenced to experiment in electro-pneumatics in the year 1860, and early in 1861 communicated his discoveries to Mr. Barker.

Readers will doubtless be familiar with the well-known experiment illustrating this point.

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