as in tests
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment in which he flew a kite in a thunderstorm to see if lightning and electricity were identical
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Recent Examples of experiments
The project, called RoSA, short for Robot Scientific Assistant for Accelerating Experimental Workflows, aims to create robots capable of working alongside scientists in real laboratory environments while adapting to changing conditions and different types of experiments.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
The discussions also emphasized real-world use and human need, forcing us to map our experiments around them.
—Tetiana Aleksandrova, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The title implies that it will be set before the 1974 film, in which Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced Fronk-en-steen), played by Gene Wilder, is lured back to Transylvania and picks up his grandfather Victor’s experiments with re-animating the dead.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026
Laboratory experiments on nonhuman primates suggest that even a single virus may be enough to trigger a fatal infection.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
Science highlights among the cargo are experiments named ODYSSEY (Outcomes of microbial Dynamics during Spaceflight and in SimulatEd microgravity), STORIE (Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution) and SPARK (Spleen Activity in Space Anemia and Red Cells Kinetics).
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026
One of the latest experiments showed how exploiting signals from both Starlink and OneWeb satellites could improve ship navigation accuracy off the west coast of Greenland in the Arctic, meaning that the technique could probably work nearly anywhere on Earth.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
Most large companies today are running AI experiments.
—Drew Cukor, Fortune, 11 May 2026
In 2020, a visiting neuroscientist conducts a series of experiments into the possibilities of botanical consciousness.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 May 2026
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
The discussions also emphasized real-world use and human need, forcing us to map our experiments around them.
—Tetiana Aleksandrova, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The title implies that it will be set before the 1974 film, in which Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced Fronk-en-steen), played by Gene Wilder, is lured back to Transylvania and picks up his grandfather Victor’s experiments with re-animating the dead.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026
Laboratory experiments on nonhuman primates suggest that even a single virus may be enough to trigger a fatal infection.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
Science highlights among the cargo are experiments named ODYSSEY (Outcomes of microbial Dynamics during Spaceflight and in SimulatEd microgravity), STORIE (Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution) and SPARK (Spleen Activity in Space Anemia and Red Cells Kinetics).
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026
One of the latest experiments showed how exploiting signals from both Starlink and OneWeb satellites could improve ship navigation accuracy off the west coast of Greenland in the Arctic, meaning that the technique could probably work nearly anywhere on Earth.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
Most large companies today are running AI experiments.
—Drew Cukor, Fortune, 11 May 2026
In 2020, a visiting neuroscientist conducts a series of experiments into the possibilities of botanical consciousness.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for experiments
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Initial tests suggested the outbreak may not involve the Ebola Zaire strain, which was responsible for Congo’s devastating 2018-2020 epidemic that killed more than 1,000 people.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Once there, the astronauts will attempt to dock the capsule with a lunar lander vehicle and perform a series of other tests designed to assess the agency’s readiness to attempt a human moon landing.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
16 May 2026
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