EXPERIMENT
\ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənt], \ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənt], \ɛ_k_s_p_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of EXPERIMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style"
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to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease"
By Princeton University
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try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style"
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to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A trial: something done to prove some theory, or to discover something unknown.
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To make an experiment or trial: to search by trial.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Same etymon. (F.) Experience. A trial, made on the bodies of men or animals, for the purpose of detecting the effect of a remedy, or of becoming better acquainted with their structure, functions, or peculiarities. In a more general sense, it means any trial instituted with the intent of becoming better acquainted with any thing. By experiments on living animals, we have obtained much valuable information in the various departments of medicine; but particularly in physiology and toxicology.
By Robley Dunglison
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A trial, test; the careful and methodical observation of what takes place under conditions that have been arranged for the purpose of eliminating all sources of error in deduction so far as possible.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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