experimentation
Noun
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The testing of an idea (synset 105806051)
"it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories"subtypes:
- pilot experiment - a preliminary experiment whose outcome can lead to a more extensive experiment
- test, trial, trial run, tryout - trying something to find out about it
same as: experiment -
The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation (synset 100640799)
is a type of: research project, scientific research - research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypothesessubtypes:
- testing - the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
- trial and error - experimenting until a solution is found
- michelson-morley experiment - a celebrated experiment conducted by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley; their failure to detect any influence of the earth's motion on the velocity of light was the starting point for Einstein's theory of relativity
- control experiment - an experiment designed to control for variables affecting the results of another experiment
has:- control, control condition - a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- condition, experimental condition - the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
same as: experiment
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