EXPERIMENT

Experiment

An experiment is an orderly procedure carried out with the goal of verifying, refuting, or establishing the validity of a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated. Experiments vary greatly in their goal and scale, but always rely on repeatable procedure and logical analysis of the results. A child may carry out basic experiments to understand the nature of gravity, while teams of scientists may take years of systematic investigation to advance the understanding of a phenomenon. Experiments can vary from personal and informal, to highly controlled . Uses of experiments ...

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experiment

Noun

  1. A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.
  2. Experience, practical familiarity with something.

Verb

  1. To conduct an experiment.
  2. To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
  3. To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.


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