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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: experiment
eksperimen, percobaan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: experiment
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 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:
try out]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Experiment
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.
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Experiment
\Ex*per"i*ment\, v. t.
To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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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.
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A political experiment can not be made in a
laboratory, nor determined in a few hours. --J.
Adams.
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2. Experience. [Obs.]
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Adam, by sad experiment I know
How little weight my words with thee can find.
--Milton.
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