experiment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A scientific test done to discover something or to check whether an idea is true.

   The students carried out an experiment to measure the speed of sound.

2. 2
   verb

   To try out new ideas or methods to see what happens.

   Scientists are experimenting with a new drug to fight the disease.

3. 3
   noun

   Something new or different that you try in order to see if it works.

   As an experiment, I decided to grow a beard.

From Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

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