Experiment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.
  • n. The process of conducting such a test; experimentation.
  • n. An innovative act or procedure: "Democracy is only an experiment in government” ( William Ralph Inge).
  • n. The result of experimentation: "We are not [nature's] only experiment” ( R. Buckminster Fuller).
  • verb-intransitive. To conduct an experiment.
  • verb-intransitive. To try something new, especially in order to gain experience: experiment with new methods of teaching.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. Experience, practical familiarity with something.
  • v. To conduct an experiment.
  • v. To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
  • v. To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A trial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something uncertain; esp., one under controlled 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 hypothesis, theory, or known truth; practical test; proof.
  • n. Experience.
  • v. 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
  • v. To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A trial; a test; specifically, the operation of subjecting objects to certain conditions and observing the result, in order to test some principle or supposition, or to discover something new.
  • n. A becoming practically acquainted with something; an experience.
  • To make trial; make an experiment; operate on a body in such a manner as to discover some unknown fact, or to establish it when known: as, philosophers experiment on natural bodies for the discovery of their qualities and combinations.
  • To try; search out by trial; put to the proof.
  • To know or perceive by experience; experience.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a venture at something new or different
  • v. try something new, as in order to gain experience
  • n. the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
  • v. to conduct a test or investigation
  • n. the testing of an idea
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    venture    investigate    look into   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    proof    experience    try   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    research    study    method    project    theory    experience    enterprise    problem    exercise    discovery