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experiment definition

ex·peri·ment (ek sper′ə mənt, ik-; also, & for v.usually, -ment; often, -spir′-)

noun

  1. a test or trial of something; specif.,
    1. any action or process undertaken to discover something not yet known or to demonstrate something known
    2. any action or process designed to find out whether something is effective, workable, valid, etc.
  2. the conducting of such tests or trials; experimentation

Etymology: ME < OFr < L experimentum, a trial, test < experiri: see peril

intransitive verb

to make an experiment or experiments

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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