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experiment meaning

EN[ɪkˈspɛr.ɪ.mənt]
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  • An experiment is an orderly procedure carried out with the goal of verifying, refuting, or establishing the validity of a hypothesis.
  • 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 typically include controls, which are designed to minimize the effects of variables other than the single independent variable.
  • ^ Stohr-Hunt, Patricia (1996). "An Analysis of Frequency of Hands-on Experience and Science Achievement" (PDF). JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING 33. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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    Definition of experiment in English Dictionary

  • NounPLexperimentsSUF-ment
    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.
      1. (obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.
      2. VerbSGexperimentsPRexperimentingPT, PPexperimented
        1. (intransitive) To conduct an experiment.
          1. (transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
            1. (transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.
            2. More Examples
              1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                • It was recently suggested that the transmitted phase can be directly measured in ptychography experiments performed on nanocrystal samples.
                • This statement is supported by in-vitro experiments data where extracted forisomes responded to application of aphid salivary compounds.
                • In the present study, in vitro and in vivo experiments were conducted to investigate the mechanism of action and the antiinflammatory and antiphotoaging activity of K36.
              2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                • Experiments in the macaque show that eye movement speed can be >20% higher when the target is rewarded compared with nonrewarded (Bendiksby and Platt 2006).
              3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                • Thus, the injection of LPS caused severe hypotension, tachycardia, hypoglycemia, vascular hyporeactivity, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, and high mortality at the end of the experiment.
                • Figure 3 also shows that there was no correlation if cocaine was administered noncontingently, that is, outside the context of the CPP experiment.
                • Both shielding boxes included hydrosensitive paper cards in order to evaluate humidity after experiment.
            • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
              1. Nouns
                • Countable nouns
                • Verbs
                  • Intransitive verbs
                    • Transitive verbs
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                  Meaning of experiment for the defined word.

                  Grammatically, this word "experiment" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.
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