EXPERIMENTATION

experiment, experimentation

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

experiment, experimentation

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum), "attempt".

Noun

experimentation (countable and uncountable, plural experimentations)

The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

(sciences) A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*per`i*men*ta"tion, n.

Definition: The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. J. S. Mill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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