EXPERIMENTS

Noun

experiments

plural of experiment

Verb

experiments

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of experiment

Anagrams

• sexperiment

Source: Wiktionary


EXPERIMENT

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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THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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