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- DictionaryEx·per·i·ment
noun
- 1. a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact: "I have tested this by experiment"
verb
- 1. perform a scientific procedure, especially in a laboratory, to determine something: "she experimented on chickens as well as mice"
experiment: [noun] test, trial. a tentative procedure or policy. 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.
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.
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. Experiments vary greatly in goal and scale but always rely on repeatable procedure and logical analysis of the results.
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.
Collocations Scientific research Scientific research Theory. formulate/ advance a theory/ hypothesis; build/ construct/ create/ develop a simple/ theoretical/ mathematical model; develop/ establish/ provide/ use a theoretical/ conceptual framework; advance/ argue/ develop the thesis that…; explore an idea/ a concept/ a hypothesis; make a prediction/ an inference
EXPERIMENT definition: 1. a test, especially a scientific one, that you do in order to learn something or discover if…. Learn more.
If you see your science-loving neighbor headed home with a power cord, a handful of test tubes, a stopwatch, and a bag of potatoes, there’s probably no need to be alarmed. There’s a good chance he’s only conducting an experiment, a scientific test conducted under controlled conditions.
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
To experiment means to try out a new idea or method to see what it is like and what effects it has.
1. a test or investigation, esp one planned to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis: a scientific experiment
