experiment

experiment
experimenter, experimentor, experimentator, n.
n. /ik sper"euh meuhnt/; v. /ek sper"euh ment'/, n.
1. 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.
2. the conducting of such operations; experimentation: a product that is the result of long experiment.
3. Obs. experience.
v.i.
4. to try or test, esp. in order to discover or prove something: to experiment with a new procedure.
[1325-75; ME: proof < L experimentum. See EXPERIENCE, -MENT]
Syn. 1. See trial. 2. research, investigation.

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(as used in expressions)
Michelson Morley experiment
Millikan oil drop experiment

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