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| Pronunciation:  |   | ik`sperumen'teyshun
 
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- [n]  the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation  
 
- [n]  the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories"  
 
 
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|   | Synonyms: |   | experiment, experiment |  
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|   | See Also: |   | condition, control, control condition, control experiment, enquiry, experimental condition, inquiry, Michelson-Morey experiment, pilot experiment, research, research project, scientific research, test, testing, trial, trial and error, trial run, tryout |       |  
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  
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|   | Definition: |   | \Ex*per`i*men*ta"tion\, n.
The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. --J. S.
Mill.
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|   | Related Terms: |   | control, control experiment, controlled experiment, cut and try, empiricism, experiment, experimental design, experimental method, experimental proof, experimentalism, hit and miss, noble experiment, pragmatism, R and D, research and development, rule of thumb, tentative method, tentativeness, test, testing, trial, trial and error, trial run, trying |  
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