experimentation
The act of experimentingThe act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
» Experimentation can be good.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
Experimentieren
эксперименти́рованиеeksperimentírovanije
(countable, uncountable)A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.
- the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
- the testing of an idea
Examples
15 sentencesExperimentation can be good.
Animal experimentation is cruel.
Експерименти над тваринами — це жорстокість. — deniko
ruЭксперименты над животными - это жестоко. — marafon
deTierversuche sind grausam. — Waldelfe
How open is he to experimentation?
She encourages experimentation in every project.
Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum), "attempt". Morphologically experiment + -atiFrom Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum), "attempt". Morphologically experiment + -ation.
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Forms
plural: experimentations| Singular | experimentation |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation:experiment
- the testing of an idea:experiment
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable