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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•per•i•men•ta•tion (ik sper′ə men tā′shən, -mən-),USA pronunciation n. - the act, process, practice, or an instance of making experiments.
- 1665–75; experiment + -ation
ex•per•i•men•ta•tive (ik sper′ə men′tə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: experimentation /ɪkˌspɛrɪmɛnˈteɪʃən/ n - the act, process, or practice of experimenting
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•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.
v. - 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] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•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. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See trial.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged research, investigation.
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