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Experiment   /ɪkspˈɛrəmənt/   Listen
Experiment

noun
1.
The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation.  Synonym: experimentation.
2.
The testing of an idea.  Synonym: experimentation.  "Not all experimentation is done in laboratories"
3.
A venture at something new or different.
verb
(past & past part. experimented; pres. part. experinenting)
1.
To conduct a test or investigation.
2.
Try something new, as in order to gain experience.  Synonym: try out.  "The composer experimented with a new style"



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"Experiment" Quotes from Famous Books



... been in many strange situations, but this was an experience unlike any he had hitherto passed through. He could hardly understand his thoughts or feelings, but in a moment he resolved on a desperate experiment. He arose as gracefully as he could, with many emotions crowding upon his mind. Stella with much grace moved to his right side. Jasper grasped her right hand with his left hand, while she leaned her left arm on his right arm. In ...
— The Kentucky Ranger • Edward T. Curnick

... result can be obtained under the above conditions was shown in several cases in which deposition of 0.001 grm. of metal was confirmed with considerable accuracy, the spiral or foil being weighed before and after the experiment. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 • Various

... not, Alice," said Julian. "Fire can soften iron—thy father's heart cannot be so hard, or his prejudices so strong, but I shall find some means to melt him. Forbid me not—Oh, forbid me not at least the experiment!" ...
— Peveril of the Peak • Sir Walter Scott

... former serenity. He resolved that, in case they should fail to hear from Mrs. Slater's friend, he would set about finding Mrs. Legrand himself, or, failing that, would go to some other medium. There would be no solace for the fever that had now got into his blood, until experiment should justify his daring hope, or prove ...
— Miss Ludington's Sister • Edward Bellamy

... was called on to supply the Allies with much of its wheat and flour, we fortunately found at hand a plentiful supply of a great variety of other cereals. The use of corn was, of course, not an experiment—generations of Southerners have flourished on it. But we also had oats, rice, barley, rye, buckwheat, and such local products as the grain sorghums, which are grown in the South and West. All of them are cereals and all can be used interchangeably ...
— Food Guide for War Service at Home • Katharine Blunt, Frances L. Swain, and Florence Powdermaker


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