English - Experiment

ex·per·i·ment (k-spr-mnt)
n.
1.
a. 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.
b. The process of conducting such a test; experimentation.
2. An innovative act or procedure: "Democracy is only an experiment in government" (William Ralph Inge).
3. The result of experimentation: "We are not [nature's] only experiment" (R. Buckminster Fuller).
intr.v. (-mnt) ex·per·i·ment·ed, ex·per·i·ment·ing, ex·per·i·ments
1. To conduct an experiment.
2. To try something new, especially in order to gain experience: experiment with new methods of teaching.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin expermentum, from experr, to try; see per-3 in Indo-European roots.]
ex·peri·menter n.

experiment


n [ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt]
1. a test or investigation, esp one planned to provide evidence for or against a hypothesis: a scientific experiment
2. the act of conducting such an investigation or test; experimentation; research
3. an attempt at something new or different; an effort to be original a poetic experiment
4. an obsolete word for experience
vb [ɪkˈspɛrɪˌmɛnt]
(intr) to make an experiment or experiments
[from Latin experīmentum proof, trial, from experīrī to test; see experience]
experimenter n


experiment (k-spr-mnt)
A test or procedure carried out under controlled conditions to determine the validity of a hypothesis or make a discovery. See Note at hypothesis.