experiment
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
experiment
n 1: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
[syn: {experiment}, {experimentation}]
2: the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living";
"not all experimentation is done in laboratories" [syn:
{experiment}, {experimentation}]
3: a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he
decided to grow a beard"
v 1: to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting
with the new drug in order to fight this disease"
2: try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students
experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new
style" [syn: {experiment}, {try out}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Experiment \Ex*per"i*ment\ ([e^]ks*p[e^]r"[i^]*ment), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. {Experimented}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Experinenting}.]
To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often
with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an
experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by,
referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity;
he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Experiment \Ex*per"i*ment\, n. [L. experimentum, fr. experiri to
try: cf. OF. esperiment, experiment. See {Experience}.]
1. A trial or special observation, made to confirm or
disprove something uncertain; esp., one under controlled
conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or
operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown
principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate
some hypothesis, theory, or known truth; practical test;
proof.
[1913 Webster]
A political experiment can not be made in a
laboratory, nor determined in a few hours. --J.
Adams.
[1913 Webster]
2. Experience. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Adam, by sad experiment I know
How little weight my words with thee can find.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Experiment, GA (CDP, FIPS 28296)
Location: 33.27822 N, 84.27735 W
Population (1990): 3762 (1429 housing units)
Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Experiment, GA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Georgia
Population (2000): 3233
Housing Units (2000): 1259
Land area (2000): 3.040371 sq. miles (7.874524 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.040371 sq. miles (7.874524 sq. km)
FIPS code: 28296
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.274505 N, 84.274758 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Experiment, GA
Experiment
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "experiment":
analysis, analyze, approach, assay, attempt, bid, bring to test,
confirm, crack, cut and try, effort, endeavor, enquiry, essay,
examination, examine, experimentation, fling, gambit, give a try,
give a tryout, go, have a go, inquiry, investigate, investigation,
lick, move, offer, play around with, policy, practice upon, probe,
procedure, proof, prove, put to trial, research, road-test,
run a sample, sample, scrutinize, search, shake down, shot, stab,
step, stroke, strong bid, study, substantiate, taste, tentative,
test, trial, trial and error, trial run, try, try anything once,
try it on, try out, undertaking, validate, verify, weigh, whack
[email protected]