See Also: experiment(1)(dictionary)
experiment(2)(dictionary)
experiment(medicine)
Blender experiment(health)
Cavendish experiment(encyclopedia)
experiment (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
controlled experiment(dictionary)
experiment 1, noun(dictionary)
control experiment(medicine)
Weber's experiment(medicine)

experiment(1) (iou)



experiment noun. ME.
[Old French, or Latin experimentum, from experiri: see EXPERIENCE noun, -MENT.]
I.
The action of trying something or putting it to the test; a test, a trial. (Foll. by of.) arch. ME.
b. An expedient or remedy to be tried. L16-E18.
An action or procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact. LME.
J. D. Watson He..visited other labs to see which new experiments had been done.
A procedure or course of action tentatively adopted without being sure that it will achieve its purpose. L16.
B. Jowett The experiment had never been tried of reasoning with mankind.
The process or practice of conducting an experiment; experimentation. L17.
D. L. Sayers She bought drugs in order to prove by experiment how easy it was..to get hold of deadly poisons.
The equipment for a scientific experiment. M20.
II.
A practical proof; a specimen, an example. ME-L17.
Practical acquaintance with a person or thing; (an) experience. (Foll. by of.) M16-M18.
Phrases: Valsalva experiment, Valsalva's experiment: see VALSALVA 1.
experimentarian adjective & noun (a philosopher) relying on experiment M17-E19.
experimently adverb by experience LME-E19.