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Meanings of experiment in English

Russian
опыт
Portuguese
teste experimental
Spanish
experimento
Catalan
investigació experimental
Wikidata

Scientific procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis.

опыт
Portuguese
teste
Catalan
test
Spanish
ensayo

The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation.

teste
Portuguese
provar
Catalan
provar
Spanish
exerimentar

Try something new, as in order to gain experience.

provar
Usage of experiment in English
1
It is a good question because it clearly leads to an experiment.
Wired
2
Of course, taking you on in this experiment was a serious responsibility.
Flowers for Algernon
3
Cross-experiment analysis indicated this effect not to be the result of learning.
Pubmed
4
Vegetable blood changes colour in the leaves; experiment with spurge; with picris.
The Botanic Garden / A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of...
5
Its role in our long democratic experiment is very central, he said.
The Guardian
6
The first experiment passes off without accident; the second results in disillusionment.
The Guardian
7
The experiment revealed different attitudes and levels of ability, Mr Gloyne said.
Radio NZ
8
The misbegotten Bears experiment does suggest a couple of ways forward, however.
The Guardian
9
The conscientious worker in the experiment stations is in the same category.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 194...
10
Firstly, let me explain that my motives for this experiment were good.
The Irish Times
11
There is only one problem with the whole SVM experiment: the results.
Reuters
12
For what it's worth, I think the experiment is a good idea.
Book Two: Descent
13
A simulation using a layer model yields very good agreement with experiment.
Pubmed
14
However, there is an experiment that allows you to measure these forces.
Wired
15
In an early experiment this model travelled four miles in twenty-three minutes.
The Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial Navigation
16
Come on, Bill, that's an experiment I did once, twenty years ago.
Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
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Experiment through the time
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