experimentation

noun

ex·​per·​i·​men·​ta·​tion

(ˌ)ek-, 

-ˌmen‧-

plural -s

1

: the act, process, or practice of making experiments

a tendency among lay critics to confine experimentation to scientists in the laboratory

—John Dewey

2

: an instance of experimentation : experiment

an outgrowth and culmination of numerous experimentations and inventions

—William Chomsky

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