EXPERIMENT

experiment, experimentation

(noun) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation

experiment

(noun) a venture at something new or different; “as an experiment he decided to grow a beard”

experiment, experimentation

(noun) the testing of an idea; “it was an experiment in living”; “not all experimentation is done in laboratories”

experiment

(verb) to conduct a test or investigation; “We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease”

experiment, try out

(verb) try something new, as in order to gain experience; “Students experiment sexually”; “The composer experimented with a new style”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

experiment (plural experiments)

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.

(obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.

Verb

experiment (third-person singular simple present experiments, present participle experimenting, simple past and past participle experimented)

(intransitive) To conduct an experiment.

(transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.

(transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex*per"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. experimentum, fr. experiri to try: cf. OF. esperiment, experiment. See Experience.]

1. Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under 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 suggest or known truth; practical test; poof. A political experiment can not be made in a laboratory, not determinant in a few hours. J. Adams.

2. Experience. [Obs.] Adam, by sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find. Milton.

Ex*per"i*ment, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Experimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Experinenting.]

Definition: 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; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power.

Ex*per"i*ment, v.t

Definition: , To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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