to experiment

Definition of to experiment in English English dictionary: To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on
Til they had experimented whiche was trewe, and who knewe most.; 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.; 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; 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 .; 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; To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience; an activity designed to test a hypothesis; try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style"; to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease"; To experiment means to try out a new idea or method to see what it is like and what effects it has. if you like cooking and have the time to experiment He believes that students should be encouraged to experiment with bold ideas. + experimentation ex·peri·men·ta·tion Decentralization and experimentation must be encouraged. Cavendish experiment Michelson Morley experiment Millikan oil drop experiment; What distinguishes an experiment from an observational study is that in an experiment, the experimenter decides who receives the treatment; A test of a scientific idea under controlled conditions; 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"; Experience; one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggested or known truth; practical test; proof; A trial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp; {n} the trial of any thing, essay, proof; 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"; {v} to try, to search out by trial; a test made to demonstrate a known truth, to examine the validity of a hypothesis, or to determine the efficacy of something previously untried; 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 carefully controlled test, made to see if a hypothesis is correct; {f} attempt to discover or test something, try, venture, research; a test, especially a scientific one, carried out in order to discover whether a theory is correct or what the results of a particular course of action would be; a series of actions carried out to test a theory, demonstrate a fact or find out what happens; a test or tests that are used to find out or prove something or to see whether a theory is correct; The modification of the conditions of a group or groups that have been chosen for study, and the analysis of the resulting outcomes; {i} attempt to discover or test something, trial, research; A process that generates well-defined outcomes; To conduct an experiment; 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; The process of making an observation or taking a measurement; An experiment is the trying out of a new idea or method in order to see what it is like and what effects it has. As an experiment, we bought Ted a watch; collection of tasks running on a supercomputer, defined by the -> component models (model name, release, resolution, options different from default version), the -> algorithmic coupling interface between the component models, the initial state of the models, initial date and length of the simulation, the -> coupling implementation, the target machine, model raw output (if different from default); an experiment can be made up of a series of consecutive (restarted) -> runs; a test or trial to discover something unknown; to determine a cause-and-effect relationship; an experiment that takes place at CERN using CERN's equipment, buildings etc An experiment to become the official CERN experiment has to be approved by special committee It can be only approved after testing the experiment and proving that the experiment can be done at CERN site The date of its approval is called approval date However experiment is 'unofficially' registered in User Office before it is approved in order to let registration of people coming to work to test the experiment; A controlled investigation designed to evaluate the outcomes of causal manipulations on some system of interest; An experiment is a scientific test which is done in order to discover what happens to something in particular conditions. The astronauts are conducting a series of experiments to learn more about how the body adapts to weightlessness This question can be answered only by experiment; in an experiment, the investigator sets the users a series of tasks and quantifies their performance; A test carried out under controlled conditions A test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried; refers to the design of research that meets a critical criteria That criteria requires two or more groups of subjects being assigned to a controlled setting, condition, or experience in which the researcher manipulates the critical conditions and all other conditions are constant Most frequently this is accomplished by using three conditions; one particular instance, or execution, of a science model; consists of one or more experiment steps; A way to carry out an investigation; An action that has various outcomes that occur unpredictably and can be repeated indefinitely under the same conditions; A method of research which permits the inference of cause and effect At least two groups of subjects are treated exactly alike in all ways except one, the independent variable Differences in the behaviour of the Experimental and Control group which cannot be accounted for by experimental error are then attributed to the effect of the experimental treatment