science experiment
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈsaɪəns ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt/
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experimento científico
- Right now, commercial activity on the station is largely limited to science experiments.
Seriously, this thing is like a a crazy science experiment gone horribly right.
- Seriously, this thing is like a a crazy science experiment gone horribly right.
- I do giant massive science experiments for like on TikTok, YouTube, that kind of stuff.
- Because then you should be looking at literally everything about yourself as your own little living science experiment and say, what do I notice?
- Their little brains are like sponges and and every little thing that you do and every little science experiment that you do with them, it's it's amazing.
- So, so it was kind of just a big sort of science experiment that I was doing with, you know, my group of friends.
- I was wondering if when I was five years old, I did the science experiment where we stuck a stick in salt water and it made a crystal.
Examples
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It's just a science experiment.
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We're going to perform some really cool science experiments live on the plaza.
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Yeah, it's going to be a fun science experiment.
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This is a science experiment.
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The science education community believes that to authentically measure students' skills, science experiments must be part of the assessment.
Academic text (2005) -
The nearly $29 million science experiment on the North Slope produced 1 million cubic feet of methane.
Blog text (30) -
When science experiments and demonstrations are in the offing, pupils with teacher assistance should plan and implement each experiment.
Academic text (2001) -
Reporters from around the world are gathered to witness an extraordinary event -- the unveiling of a unique science experiment known as Biosphere 2.
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Tomorrow, at long last, NASA is to launch a science experiment that's been in the works since 1963.
Synonyms
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2.7
A careful test in science to discover or check something
How Rigorous
- Specialized
67
3.9
- Specialized
1
3.8
10
2.5
211
3.0
172
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'science' (methodical investigation) plus 'experiment' (formal test) yields an investigation to discover or demonstrate scientific principles, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE. This noun–noun combination is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common collocation rather than an idiom, supporting full transparency.
Etymology
Science experiment comes from the simple idea of doing a careful test in a lab or classroom. Picture someone changing one thing and watching what happens — that literal scene explains why the phrase means 'to test or discover how something works'.