experiment
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.
Noun 1 meaning
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.
“conduct an experiment”
Verb 2 meanings
To conduct an experiment.
“We're going to experiment on rats.”
To try something to observe the results.
“I want to experiment with psychedelics.”
Etymology
From Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-.
EXPERIMENT at a glance
EXPERIMENT has 10 letters and scores 21 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + P 3 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + M 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 24 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,679 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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