Definition of experiment
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
3
: the process of testing : experimentation
experiment
verb
experimented; experimenting; experiments
Definition of experiment (Entry 2 of 2)
: to carry out experiments : try out a new procedure, idea, or activity
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The first known use of experiment was in the 14th century
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