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experimentation

American  
[ik-sper-uh-men-tey-shuhn, -muhn-] / ɪkˌspɛr ə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -mən- /

noun

  1. the act, process, practice, or an instance of making experiments.


experimentation British  
/ ɪkˌspɛrɪmɛnˈteɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act, process, or practice of experimenting

"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

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Origin of experimentation

First recorded in 1665–75; experiment + -ation

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England head coach Thomas Tuchel's pre-World Cup experimentation must surely end here and now.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

He said the tech companies want to see user experimentation continue, ensuring that costs will go down, and also to determine what the use cases will be sooner than later.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Researchers say this pattern reflects experimentation and adaptability rather than a permanent agricultural transformation.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Their shoestring budget, McCullough shows, forced the Wrights into creative experimentation, demanding the “ingenuity, as well as patience” required to test ideas that were “like nothing done by anyone until then.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Above all, experimentation began to engage directly with central claims made by Aristotle.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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