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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Experiment \Ex*per"i*ment\, v. t. To try to know perceive, or prove, by trial experience. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Experiment \Ex*per"i*ment\, n. [L. experimentum fr experiri to try: cf OF esperiment, experiment. See {Experience}.] 1. Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under 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 suggest or known truth; practical test; poof. A political experiment can not be made in a laboratory, not determinant in a few hours. --J. Adams. 2. Experience. [Obs.] Adam, by sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Experiment \Ex*per"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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: experiment n 1: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation [syn: {experimentation}] 2: the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories" [syn: {experimentation}] 3: a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard" v : to conduct a test or investigation, try out: "..willingness to experiment in this musical field.." From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: 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)
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