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Definition of Experiment

1. Noun. The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation.

2. Verb. To conduct a test or investigation. "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease"

3. Noun. The testing of an idea. "Not all experimentation is done in laboratories"

4. Verb. Try something new, as in order to gain experience. "The composer experimented with a new style"

5. Noun. A venture at something new or different. "As an experiment he decided to grow a beard"

Definition of Experiment

1. n. A trial 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 suggested or known truth; practical test; proof.

2. 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.

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

Definition of Experiment

1. Noun. A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To conduct an experiment. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Experiment

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Experiment

1. Noun: A procedure done in a controlled environment for the purpose of gathering observations, data, or facts, demonstrating known facts or theories, or testing hypotheses or theories. Verb: To carry out such a procedure. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Experiment

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experientialism experientialist experientialists experientially experients experiment (current term) experimental experimental allergic encephalitis experimental allergic encephalomyelitis experimental condition

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Literary usage of Experiment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"It represents the type used in an experiment conducted during the winter of ... This experiment was conducted with twenty-two horses to determine the best ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"By taking the time of vibration of the pendulum first as used in the deflection experiment and then when a small weight was removed from the upper end a ..."

3. Transactions. by New Hampshire Medical Society, American Ethnological Society (1857)
"Number of cylinders full of steam, 1st experiment, 3968 ; 2nd experiment, 6060. Average pressure of steam in cylinders, 1st experiment, ..."

4. A Laboratory Manual of Physics and Applied Electricity by Edward Leamington Nichols (1894)
"experiment 32. experiment 33. experiment 34. 7 experiment 35. ... experiment 43. experiment 44. Efficiency test of a motor with a cradle dynamometer. ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"experiment I.—2.5 g. wild-cherry leaves were extracted for 3 hours with 60 cc. of distilled water. The mixture was filtered and 50 cc. of the extract ..."

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