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- Dictionaryexperiment/ɪkˈspɛrɪm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact: "a laboratory which carried out experiments on pigs" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. perform a scientific procedure, especially in a laboratory, to determine something: "experimenting on animals causes suffering"
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EXPERIMENT definition: 1. a test done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or is true: 2. to try…. Learn more.
1. a. : test, trial. make another experiment of his suspicion William Shakespeare. b. : a tentative procedure or policy. c. : an operation or procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law. 2. obsolete : experience. 3.
EXPERIMENT meaning: 1. a test done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or is true: 2. to try…. Learn more.
Experiment definition: a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.. See examples of EXPERIMENT used in a sentence.
An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated.
EXPERIMENT definition: 1. a test, especially a scientific one, that you do in order to learn something or discover if…. Learn more.
a new activity, idea or method that you try out to see what happens or what effect it has. I've never cooked this before so it's an experiment. experiment in something the country’s brief experiment in democracy. experiment with something His experiments with narrative form were very influential.
experiment. n. 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. vb.
EXPERIMENT meaning: 1 : a scientific test in which you perform a series of actions and carefully observe their effects in order to learn about something; 2 : something that is done as a test something that you do to see how well or how badly it works
noun. a venture at something new or different. “as an experiment he decided to grow a beard” see more. verb. conduct a test or investigation. “We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease” synonyms: try out. try something new, as in order to gain experience. see more. verb. try something new, as in order to gain experience.
