experiment
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Synonyms: experient, expediment, expedient, externment, experiments, exertment
Antonyms: experient, expediment, expedient, externment, experiments, exertment
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Noun
- A [[test]] under [[controlled]] [[condition]]s made to either [[demonstrate]] a [[known]] [[truth]], [[examine]] the [[validity]] of a [[hypothesis]], or [[determine]] the [[efficacy]] or [[likelihood]] of something [[previously]] [[untried]].
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[experience|Experience]], practical familiarity with something.
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[conduct]] an experiment.
- {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[experience]]; to [[feel]]; to [[perceive]]; to [[detect]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[test]] or [[ascertain]] by experiment; to [[try out]]; to make an experiment on.
- {{lb|en|intransitive|often with "[[with]]"}} To [[try]] [[something]] to [[observe]] the [[results]].
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