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ex·per·i·ment (ĭk-spĕŕə-mənt)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin experīmentum, from experīrī, to try.]

noun 

    1. A test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.
    2. The process of conducting such a test; experimentation.
  2. An innovative act or procedure: “Democracy is only an experiment in government” (William Ralph Inge)
  3. The result of experimentation: “We are not only experiment” (R. Buckminster Fuller)

intransitive verb: -ment·ed, -ment·ing, -ments. 

  1. To conduct an experiment.
  2. To try something new, especially in order to gain experience: experiment with new methods of teaching.

derivatives

ex·peŕi·ment́er
noun