Experimentation

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English

Noun

Experimentation (plural Experimentations)
  1. The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
  2. (sciences) A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.

Adjectives for Experimentation

zealous; clinical; persistent; rigid; controlled.

Thesaurus

R and D, control, control experiment, controlled experiment, cut and try, empiricism, experiment, experimental design, experimental method, experimental proof, experimentalism, hit and miss, noble experiment, pragmatism, research and development, rule of thumb, tentative method, tentativeness, test, testing, trial, trial and error, trial run, trying

Etymology

From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum), attempt

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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