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
Then where would we come in—after it was all found out—if we are the experimentors?
A Woman of Genius | Mary Austin
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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