The Earth, the which may have carried us about perpetually ... without our being ever able to experiment its rest.
the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard" the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories" to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease" try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style
a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"
try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style"
try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style
To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power
an investigation of cause-effect relationships done by controlling or carefully manipulating particular variables to note their effects on other variables
The modification of the conditions of a group or groups that have been chosen for study, and the analysis of the resulting outcomes
The company is experimenting with a new practice, the results of which are not yet known (Stage: as distinguished from a Success Story or a Failed Experiment )
If you experiment with something or experiment on it, you do a scientific test on it in order to discover what happens to it in particular conditions. In 1857 Mendel started experimenting with peas in his monastery garden The scientists have already experimented at each other's test sites. + experimentation ex·peri·men·ta·tion the ethical aspects of animal experimentation. + experimenter experimenters ex·peri·ment·er When the experimenters repeated the tests on themselves, they observed an exactly opposite effect
A trial or test of a scientific hypothesis or generalization by manipulation of environmental factors to observe whether what results agrees, or disagrees, with what the hypothesis predicts See: hypothesis