Experiment

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The process of conducting such a test; experimentation.
  • noun. An innovative act or procedure.
  • noun. The result of experimentation.
  • intransitive verb. To conduct an experiment.
  • intransitive verb. To try something new, especially in order to gain experience.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A becoming practically acquainted with something; an experience.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Experience.
  • transitive verb. To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
  • noun. Experience, practical familiarity with something.
  • verb. To conduct an experiment.
  • verb. To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
  • verb. To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a venture at something new or different
  • verb. try something new, as in order to gain experience
  • noun. the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
  • verb. to conduct a test or investigation
  • noun. the testing of an idea
  • Word Usage
    "The mercury instantly sank to nearly 30 in. above the surface of the mercury in the basin, leaving in the top of the tube an apparent vacuum, which is now called the _Torricellian vacuum_; this experiment is sometimes known as the _Torricellian experiment_."
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