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Word: Experiment
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin experimentum, from experiri ‘try’. Compare with experience and expert
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Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈspɛrɪm(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛkˈspɛrɪm(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact
Short Definition:scientific procedure
Examples:- a laboratory which carried out experiments on pigs
- I have tested this by experiment
Word: Experiment
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈspɛrɪm(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛkˈspɛrɪm(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈspɛrɪmɛnt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛkˈspɛrɪmɛnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
perform a scientific procedure, especially in a laboratory, to determine something
Short Definition:perform scientific experiment
Examples:- experimenting on animals causes suffering
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