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Meaning of EXPERIMENTATION

Pronunciation:  ik`sperumen'teyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
  2. [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
 
 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
 
 Definition: 
\Ex*per`i*men*ta"tion\, n.
The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. --J. S.
Mill.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 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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