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experiment

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Main Entry:
1ex·per·i·ment 
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          Listen to the pronunciation of 1experiment
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 law2obsolete : experience3: the process of testing : experimentation


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