experiment
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See also Experiment
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- IPA: /ɪkˈsper.ɪ.mənt/, SAMPA: /Ik"spEr.I.m@nt/
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From Old French experiment (French: expérience), from Latin experimentum.
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experiment (plural experiments)
- A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.
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test under controlled conditions
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to experiment (third-person singular simple present experiments, present participle experimenting, simple past and past participle experimented)
- (intransitive) To conduct an experiment.
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to conduct an experiment
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[edit] Czech
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experiment m.
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- pokus m.
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experiment n. (plural experimenten, diminutive experimentje)
[edit] Swedish
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experiment n.
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| neuter | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | experiment | experimentet | experiment | experimenten |
| Genitive | experiments | experimentets | experiments | experimentens |

