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ex•per•i•ment

Pronunciation: (
—n.ik-sper'u-munt;
—v.ek-sper'u-ment"), [key]
—n.
1. a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.: a chemical experiment; a teaching experiment; an experiment in living.
2. the conducting of such operations; experimentation: a product that is the result of long experiment.
3. Obs.experience.

—v.i.
to try or test, esp. in order to discover or prove something: to experiment with a new procedure.

experientialism

experimental

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experiment (Thesaurus)

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