Lexic.us

Definition of Experimentation

1. Noun. The testing of an idea. "Not all experimentation is done in laboratories"

2. Noun. The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation.

Definition of Experimentation

1. n. The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

Definition of Experimentation

1. Noun. The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. ¹

2. Noun. (science) A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Experimentation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Experimentation

experimental neurosis experimental probability experimental procedure experimental psychology experimental variable experimentalism experimentalist experimentalists experimentalize experimentalized

experimentalizes experimentalizing experimentally experimentarian experimentarians experimentation experimentations experimentative experimentator experimentators

experimented experimentee experimentees experimenter experimenter bias experimenter effects experimenters experimenting experimentist experimentists

Literary usage of Experimentation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular Science Monthly (1914)
"The object of this paper is to show what animal experimentation has actually done for children. Let us substitute real facts for morbid and exaggerated ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1907)
"The study of the rate variables in memorizing is, of course, a direct study of certain elements in the technique of experimentation in this field. ..."

3. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"Experience as Experimentation. — It has already been intimated that sensational empiricism represents neither the idea of experience ..."

4. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"The Importance of Animal Experimentation to Human Welfare.—The sciences of medicine and surgery are built upon experience gained through animal ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"Report of the Committee appointed to consider the subject of Physiological Experimentation. A COMMITTEE, consisting of ten individuals, ..."

6. Education Indicators: An International Perspective by Nancy Matheson, Laura H. Salganik, Richard P. Phelps, Marianne Perie (1997)
"... Indicator 27: Scientific Experimentation The percentage of 9- 13-year-oid who.conduct experiments in then science classes provides an indication, ..."

7. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1914)
"PROFESSIONAL Experimentation AND INVESTIGATION JAMES M. GREEN, PRINCIPAL, STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, TRENTON, NJ Professional experimentation and investigation in ..."

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