experiment
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2.7
- noun
- /ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt/
- Specialized
- The scientist conducted an experiment to test the effectiveness of the new drug.
- conduct experiments
- a laboratory experiment
- large-scale experiments
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- There are two other large experiments, LHCB and Alice.
- And these, the double slit experiment have you, you've no.
- But OK, so I did an experiment and it failed.
- His most famous experiment was with the bull.
- Quantum physics is such that experiments inevitably change systems.
- I'm an egghead researcher that was doing experiments about biofeedback.
- And so they've been on Earth and, and experiments have been carried out on them.
Examples
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Now, at this stage of the experiment, it's really important to pay attention to the heat.
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But OK, so I did an experiment and it failed.
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We'll do that in the second experiment here.
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So they start the experiment in some big cities.
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His most famous experiment was with the bull.
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Today's experiment is about group communication.
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We marveled at how successful this experiment in alternative economy and community had become.
Academic text (2008) -
So here's a very well known experiment that was done in Florence.
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And we are here at the Atlas experiment at CERN in Switzerland.
Synonyms
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2.9
A careful search for the truth about something
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1.0
An activity to check how well something works
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2.5
A process of checking how well something works or how safe it is
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A test to see how well something works
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2.5
A test done to find out how things work in science
Compounds
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3.8
An experiment that keeps everything the same except one thing to compare results
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A small initial test to check if a research method is possible and how much time and money it needs
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9.5
An experiment that looks for changes in the speed of light caused by Earth's motion and finds none
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An experiment where neither the participants nor the researchers know who is in which group
How Controlled
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3.8
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2.7
349
3.4
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1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Experiment comes from the Latin word experiri meaning 'to try'. It began as a careful 'try' to see if an idea worked, so an experiment today is a scientific test, and the word is related to familiar words like experience and expert.