Experiment

[ɪk'sperɪm(ə)nt;ek-] or [ɪk'sperɪmənt]

Definition

(noun.) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation.

(noun.) a venture at something new or different; 'as an experiment he decided to grow a beard'.

(noun.) the testing of an idea; 'it was an experiment in living'; 'not all experimentation is done in laboratories'.

(verb.) to conduct a test or investigation; 'We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease'.

(verb.) try something new, as in order to gain experience; 'Students experiment sexually'; 'The composer experimented with a new style'.

Typed by Evangeline--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) Experience.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.

Edited by Daisy

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Trial, test, examination, assay, proof, touchstone, ordeal.

v. n. Make experiment, make trial.

Editor: Mamie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Trial, illustration, test, exemplification

ANT:Conjecture, assumption, hypothesis

Checker: Zelig

Definition

n. a trial: something done to prove some theory or to discover something unknown.—v.i. to make an experiment or trial: to search by trial.—adj. Experiment′al founded or known by experiment: taught by experience: tentative.—v.i. Experiment′alise.—ns. Experiment′alist Exper′imentist one who makes experiments.—adv. Experiment′ally.—n. Experimentā′tion.—adj. Experiment′ative.

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