experiment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɛkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/ (UK)
- /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/ (UK)
- /ɪkˈspeɹ.ə.mənt/ (Australia)
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- /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ (US)
- /ɪkˈspɪɹ.ə.mənt/ (US)
- /əkˈspeɹ.ə.mənt/ (New-Zealand)
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-.
Meanings
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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
perform a scientific experiment
carry out some experiments
South Korean officials announced last month that an experiment to create artificial rain did not provide the desired results.
2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)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, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Laboratory”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 327:
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(obsolete) 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, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| experiments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
experimentarian · preexperiment · interexperiment · intraexperiment · sexperiment · experimentee · experimentist · multiexperiment · experimentation · experimentary · experimentize · experimentise · experimentwise · experimental · subexperiment
Hyponyms
gedanken experiment · pilot experiment · double-slit experiment · Kennedy-Thorndike experiment · factorial experiment · science experiment · control experiment · Hughes-Drever experiment · noble experiment · blue bottle experiment · Milgram experiment · Michelson-Morley experiment · Wizard of Oz experiment · thought experiment · forbidden experiment · Valsalvian experiment · ganzfeld experiment · Stern-Gerlach experiment
Translations (126)
et eksperiment (test under controlled conditions) · sw jaribio (test under controlled conditions) · hu kísérlet (test under controlled conditions) · la experīmentum (test under controlled conditions) · sl poskus (test under controlled conditions) · uk експериме́нт (test under controlled conditions) · ps تجربه (test under controlled conditions) · fa-ira آزمایِش (test under controlled conditions) · my အစမ်းအသပ် (test under controlled conditions) · lt eksperimentas (test under controlled conditions) · de Experiment (test under controlled conditions) · mk експериме́нт (test under controlled conditions) · sh експерѝмент (test under controlled conditions) · nb forsøk (test under controlled conditions) · sq eksperiment (test under controlled conditions) · hi प्रयोग (test under controlled conditions) · lo ການທົດລອງ (test under controlled conditions) · cy arbrawf (test under controlled conditions) · gl experimento (test under controlled conditions) · is tilraun (test under controlled conditions) · ro experiment (test under controlled conditions) · la perīculum (test under controlled conditions) · ka ექსპერიმენტი (test under controlled conditions) · be до́след (test under controlled conditions) · hu próba (test under controlled conditions) · bg експериме́нт (test under controlled conditions) · ms eksperimen (test under controlled conditions) · hi तजुर्बा (test under controlled conditions) · ky тажрыйба (test under controlled conditions) · be во́пыт (test under controlled conditions) · hy փորձ (test under controlled conditions) · my အစမ်း (test under controlled conditions) · km ពិសោធន៍ (test under controlled conditions) · uk спро́ба (test under controlled conditions) · cmn 實驗 /实验 (test under controlled conditions) · uz eksperiment (test under controlled conditions) · sv experiment (test under controlled conditions) · ug تەجرىبە (test under controlled conditions) · uz tajriba (test under controlled conditions) · th การทดลอง (test under controlled conditions) · nl experiment (test under controlled conditions) · az təcrübə (test under controlled conditions) · pl eksperyment (test under controlled conditions) · pa ਪਰੀਖਿਆ (test under controlled conditions) · fr expérience (test under controlled conditions) · it esperimento (test under controlled conditions) · uk до́свід (test under controlled conditions) · be экспэрымэ́нт (test under controlled conditions) · hi परीक्षा (test under controlled conditions) · cs pokus (test under controlled conditions) · ms uji kaji (test under controlled conditions) · mk опит (test under controlled conditions) · ca experiment (test under controlled conditions) · pt experimento (test under controlled conditions) · tt тәҗрибә (test under controlled conditions) · tr deneme (test under controlled conditions) · vi thí nghiệm (test under controlled conditions) · tt эксперимент (test under controlled conditions) · lv eksperiments (test under controlled conditions) · be эксперыме́нт (test under controlled conditions) · ar تَجْرِبَة (test under controlled conditions) · ja 実験 (test under controlled conditions) · grc πεῖρα (test under controlled conditions) · tr tecrübe (test under controlled conditions) · sk pokus (test under controlled conditions) · sh о̀пит (test under controlled conditions) · el πείραμα (test under controlled conditions) · tr deney (n) (test under controlled conditions) · he ניסוי (test under controlled conditions) · tk eksperiment (test under controlled conditions) · pdt Proow (test under controlled conditions) · ru экспериме́нт (test under controlled conditions) · km បរីក្សា (test under controlled conditions) · mk оглед (test under controlled conditions) · te ప్రయోగము (test under controlled conditions) · kk тәжірибе (test under controlled conditions) · bn পরীক্ষা (test under controlled conditions) · tg таҷруба (test under controlled conditions) · tk tejribe (test under controlled conditions) · ru о́пыт (test under controlled conditions) · lv mēģinājums (test under controlled conditions) · tl tilaw (test under controlled conditions) · bg о́пит (test under controlled conditions) · uk до́слід (test under controlled conditions) · he נִסּוּי (test under controlled conditions) · es experimento (test under controlled conditions) · mi whakamātau (test under controlled conditions) · ur تَجْرِبَہ (test under controlled conditions) · mi whakamātauranga (test under controlled conditions) · sh pokus (test under controlled conditions) · tg таҷриба (test under controlled conditions) · ga tástáil (test under controlled conditions) · nb eksperiment (test under controlled conditions) · yi עקספּערימענט (test under controlled conditions) · az eksperiment (test under controlled conditions) · sv försök (test under controlled conditions) · cs experiment (test under controlled conditions) · ky эксперимент (test under controlled conditions) · tl eksperimento (test under controlled conditions) · ar اِخْتِبَار (test under controlled conditions) · fa-ira تَجْرُبِه (test under controlled conditions) · pl próba (test under controlled conditions) · fa-ira تَجْرِبِه (test under controlled conditions) · da eksperiment (test under controlled conditions) · sk experiment (test under controlled conditions) · da forsøg (test under controlled conditions) · eo eksperimento (test under controlled conditions) · pl doświadczenie (test under controlled conditions) · sh òpit (test under controlled conditions) · yue 實驗 /实验 (test under controlled conditions) · kk эксперимент (test under controlled conditions) · sh eksperìment (test under controlled conditions) · ga turgnamh (test under controlled conditions) · pt experiência (test under controlled conditions) · ru про́ба (test under controlled conditions) · ko 실험 (test under controlled conditions) · ba тәжрибә (test under controlled conditions) · oc experiment (test under controlled conditions) · sl eksperiment (test under controlled conditions) · tg озмоиш (test under controlled conditions) · be про́ба (test under controlled conditions) · hy փորձարկում (test under controlled conditions) · de Versuch (test under controlled conditions) · nl proef (test under controlled conditions) · ps آزمايش (test under controlled conditions) · fi (tieteellinen) koe (test under controlled conditions)