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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsnoun: /ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt/, verb: /ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt/ /ɪkˈspɛrɪmɛnt/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/n. ɪkˈspɛrəmənt; v. -ˌmɛnt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(n. ik sper′ə mənt; v. ek sper′ə ment′)

ex•per•i•ment /n. ɪkˈspɛrəmənt; v. -ˌmɛnt/USA pronunciation n.

a test, trial, or set of actions, esp. one for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, law, or theory:[countable]a laboratory experiment.
the conducting of such tests, trials, etc.:[uncountable]to prove by experiment.

to try or test esp. in order to discover or prove something: [~ + with + object]The chemist was experimenting with the formula.[~ + on + object]The scientists experimented on two groups of subjects.

ex•per•i•men•tal, adj.
ex•per•i•men•tal•ly, adv.
ex•per•i•men•ta•tion /ɪkˌspɛrəmɛnˈteɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

ex•per•i•ment (n. ik sper′ə mənt;v. ek sper′ə ment′),USA pronunciation n.

a test, trial, or tentative procedure;
an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.:a chemical experiment;a teaching experiment;an experiment in living.
the conducting of such operations;
experimentation:a product that is the result of long experiment.
[Obs.]experience.

v.i.

to try or test, esp. in order to discover or prove something:to experiment with a new procedure.

Latin experīmentum. See experience, -ment
Middle English: proof 1325–75

ex•per′i•ment′er, ex•per′i•men′tor, ex•per′i•men•ta′tor, n.

trial.

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experiment n /ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt/

a test or investigation, esp one planned to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis: a scientific experiment
the act of conducting such an investigation or test; experimentation; research
an attempt at something new or different; an effort to be original
an obsolete word for experience

vb /ɪkˈspɛrɪˌmɛnt/

(intransitive) to make an experiment or experiments

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin experīmentum proof, trial, from experīrī to test; see experienceexˈperiˌmenter n

'experiment' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Bacon - binomial distribution - Cavendish - control - control experiment - Copenhagen interpretation - demonstrate - demonstration - double-blind - empirical - experimental - feedback - Michelson - Morley - pilot study - protocol - prove - replication - Ripley - science - shy - simulate - sounding board - square - subject - Thoreau - trial - trial and error - try - ask - Bernoulli trials - Cavendish experiment - control group - crucial - Davisson-Germer experiment - debrief - dependent variable - Eötvös experiment - Eötvös torsion balance - Eötvös unit - ether - evaluate - experimentation - experiment station - expt. - factualism - fail - far - fudge factor - fumble

In Lists: Chemistry, PET Vocabulary List - E, B2 - Unit 1-Done, more...

Synonyms: trial, clinical trial, test, experimentation, essay, more...

Collocations: a [medical, chemical, scientific, physical, laboratory, nuclear] experiment, experiments on [animals, mice, humans, patients], an experiment in [shared, environmental, device-free] living, more...

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