experiment

/ik-ˈsper-ə-mənt/

Middle English, "testing, proof, remedy," borrowed from Anglo-French esperiment, borrowed from Latin experīmentum "testing, experience, proof," from experīrī "to put to the test, attempt, have experience of, undergo" + -mentum -ment

noun

  1. test, trial

  2. a tentative procedure or policy

  3. an operation or procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law

make another experiment of his suspicion

verb

  1. to carry out experiments : try out a new procedure, idea, or activity

noun

  1. an establishment for scientific research (as in agriculture) where experiments are carried out, studies of practical application are made, and information is disseminated