Meaning of experiment | Babel Free

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1. A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
2. A test or procedure carried out under controlled conditions to determine the validity of a hypothesis or make a discovery. See Note at hypothesis.
3. Experience, practical familiarity with something.
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4. An operation employed to resolve an uncertainty:experimentation, test, trial.
5. To engage in experiments:test.
6. a test done in order to find out something, eg if an idea is correct. He performs chemical experiments; experiments in traffic control; We shall find out by experiment. proefneming تَجْرِبَه (عِلْمِيَه) експеримент experiência pokus der Versuch, das Experiment eksperiment; forsøg πείραμαexperimento katse آزمایش؛ آزمون koe expérienceניסוי प्रयोग eksperiment, pokus kísérlet percobaan, eksperimen tilraun esperimento 実験 실험 eksperimentas, bandymas eksperiments ujikaji experimentforsøk, eksperiment...
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7. (with on or with) to try to find out something by making tests. He experimented with various medicines to find the safest cure; The doctor experiments on animals. beproef يقوم بِتَجْرِبَه експериментирам experimentar experimentovat Versuche machen eksperimentere; lave forsøg med πειραματίζομαιexperimentar katsetama آزمایش کردن tehdä koe expérimenter לְהִתנָסוֹת प्रयोग करना eksperimentirati, probavati kísérletezik melakukan eksperimen gera tilraun(ir) sperimentare 実験する 실험하다 eksperimentuoti, da...
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8. of, or used for an experiment. experimental teaching methods. eksperimenteel تَجْريبي експеримнетален experimental pokusný experimentell eksperimenterende; forsøgs- πειραματικόςexperimental eksperimentaal- آزمایشی؛ امتحانی kokeellinen expérimental נִסיוֹנִי प्रायोगिक eksperimentalan, pokusan kísérleti percobaan tilrauna- sperimentale 実験の 실험의 eksperimentinis, bandomasis eksperimentāls ujikaji experimenteelforsøks-, prøve-, eksperimentelldoświadczalny د آزموينى په توګه experimental experimental...
9. proef تَجْريبيّـا експериментално experimentalmente pokusně auf experimentellem Wege eksperimentalt; ved forsøg πειραματικά de forma experimental katseliselt آزمایشگرانه kokeellisesti expérimentalement בְּאוֹפֶן נִסיוֹנִי प्रयोगवाद eksperimentno, pokusno kísérletek alapján, tapasztalatilag secara eksperimen í tilraunaskyni; með (vísinda)tilraunum sperimentalmente 実験的に 실험적으로 eksperimentuojant eksperimentāli dengan ujikaji experimenteelforsøksvis, eksperimentelt doświadczalnie د آزموينى په توګه...
10. the practice of making experiments. proefneming تَجْريب، إخْتِبار експериментация experimentação experimentování das Experimentieren eksperimenteren; forsøgsvirksomhed πειραματισμόςexperimentación katsetamine آزمایش kokeiden teko expérimentation עֲרִיכַת נִיסוּיִים प्रयोग eksperimentiranje, izvođenje pokusa kísérletezés praktek percobaan tilraunastarfsemi; tilraunir sperimentazione 実験作業 실험 eksperimentavimas eksperimentēšana pengujikajian het experimenterenforsøk, eksperimentering eksperymento...
11. A test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.
12. An innovative act or procedure: "Democracy is only an experiment in government" (William Ralph Inge).

Equivalents

Examples

“conduct an experiment”

“carry out some experiments”

“perform a scientific experiment”

“From her childhood she had been accustomed to watch, and often to aid, in her uncle's chemical experiments; she was, therefore, not at a loss, as a complete novice in the science would have been.”

“South Korean officials announced last month that an experiment to create artificial rain did not provide the desired results.”

“Pilot [...] Vpon his card and compas firmes his eye, The maisters of his long experiment, And to them does the steddy helme apply [...].”

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