experiment meaning

Noun: experiment  ik'sperumunt

1. The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
   - experimentation 
2. The testing of an idea
   "it was an experiment in living"
   - experimentation 
3. A venture at something new or different
   "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"

Verb: experiment  ek'speru`ment

1. To conduct a test or investigation
   "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease" 
2. Try something new, as in order to gain experience
   "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style"
   - try out

Derived forms: experimented, experimenting, experiments

See also: experimental, experimenter

Type of: enquiry [Brit, Cdn], inquiry, investigate, look into, research, research project, science, scientific research, venture

Encyclopedia: Experiment Experiment, GA Experiment, Georgia

[Electronics]
One or a series of carefully planned tests carried out under controlled conditions to obtain data or to check performance.

[Medicine]
n
1 : a 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
2 : the process of testing : EXPERIMENTATION
vi : to carry out experiments — ex·per·i·men·ta·tion n — ex·per·i·ment·er n

Examples

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1. his whole mind was trying out the experiment.
2. experiment is the final arbiter in science.
3. he tried one experiment after another.
4. experiments are not totally unequivocal as yet.
5. both were new and radical experiments.