English Explanatory Dictionary

experimentation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
  2. A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.

Pronunciation

/ɪkˌspɛɹ.ɪ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/ /ɛkˌspɛɹ.ɪ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/ /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/ /ɪkˌspɪɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-experimentation.wav

Word forms

experimentation experimentations

Etymology

From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum), "attempt". Morphologically experiment + -ation.

Derived words

animal experimentation experimentational self-experimentation sexperimentation
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