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From Old French experiment (French: expérience), from Latin experimentum.

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Singular
experiment

Plural
experiments

experiment (plural experiments)

  1. 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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Infinitive
to experiment

Third person singular
experiments

Simple past
experimented

Past participle
experimented

Present participle
experimenting

to experiment (third-person singular simple present experiments, present participle experimenting, simple past and past participle experimented)

  1. (intransitive) To conduct an experiment.

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experiment m.

  1. experiment

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experiment n. (plural experimenten, diminutive experimentje, diminutive plural experimentjes)

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experiment n.

Inflection for experiment Singular Plural
neuter Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form experiment experimentet experiment experimenten
Possessive form experiments experimentets experiments experimentens
  1. experiment