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experimentMain Entry: 1ex·per·i·ment Pronunciation: \ik-ˈsper-ə-mənt also -ˈspir-\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French esperiment, from Latin experimentum, from experiri Date: 14th century 1 a : test, trial <make another experiment of his suspicion — Shakespeare> b : a tentative procedure or policy c : an operation or procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law
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