Definition of experiment
1a : test, trial make another experiment of his suspicion — William Shakespeareb : a tentative procedure or policyc : 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
2 obsolete : experience
3 : the process of testing : experimentation
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Examples of experiment in a Sentence
Students will carry out simple laboratory experiments.
They did some experiments with magnets.
These theories have not yet been confirmed by experiment.
an experiment in living more frugally
the city's experiment with a longer school year
Origin and Etymology of experiment
Middle English, from Anglo-French esperiment, from Latin experimentum, from experiri
Definition of experiment
intransitive verb
: to carry out experiments : try out a new procedure, idea, or activity
First Known Use of experiment
1787
EXPERIMENT Defined for English Language Learners
experiment
playDefinition of experiment for English Language Learners
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: a scientific test in which you perform a series of actions and carefully observe their effects in order to learn about something
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: something that is done as a test : something that you do to see how well or how badly it works
experiment
playDefinition of experiment for English Language Learners
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: to do a scientific test in which you perform a series of actions and carefully observe their effects
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: to try a new activity or a new way of doing or thinking about something
EXPERIMENT Defined for Kids
Definition of experiment for Students
: a trial or test made to find out about something
Definition of experiment for Students
experimented
;experimenting
: to try or test a new way, idea, or activity : to make experiments
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of experiment
1: a 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
2: the process of testing : experimentation
Medical Definition of experiment
: to carry out experiments
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