Sekirov Dictionary

experiment

UK /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/US /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/

noun 2
/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mɛnt/ verb 4
forms 3

noun2

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a planned test of an idea or a new thing, with everything else kept the same so the result is clear
- 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. — 1837
•
(no longer used) Experience, practical familiarity with something.
- Pilot [...] Vpon his card and compas firmes his eye, The maisters of his long experiment, And to them does the steddy helme apply [...]. — 1590

experiment

UK /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mɛnt/US /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mɛnt/

verb4

•
To conduct an experiment.
- We're going to experiment on rats.
•
To try something to observe the results.
- I want to experiment with psychedelics.
(no longer used) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.
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(no longer used) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
- The Earth, the which may have carried us about perpetually ... without our being ever able to experiment its rest. — 1662

forms

experimented · experimenting · experiments

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