Experiment
Experiment means the investigation of the relationship between two (or more) variables by deliberately producing a change in one variable in situation and observing the effects of that change on other aspects of the situation.
Webster Dictionary Meaning
1. Experiment
- Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or
disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by
the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover
some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate
some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof.- Experience.
2. Experiment
- To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; --
often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment;
with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as,
to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies,
or by steam power.- To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.
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