# experiment

Pronunciation: US say "ik-SPER-uh-muhnt" /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/; UK say "ik-SPER-i-muhnt" /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/

## Noun

1. A test carried out under controlled conditions to demonstrate a known fact, check a hypothesis, or find out whether something untried actually works.
   - Simple: A careful test done to find out if an idea is true or to see what happens.
   - _The team designed an experiment to test whether the new fertilizer increased crop yields._
   - _Each experiment was repeated three times to confirm the results._

## Verb

Pronunciation: US say "ik-SPER-uh-ment" /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mɛnt/; UK say "ik-SPER-i-ment" /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mɛnt/

2. To carry out an experiment in order to test an idea or observe a result.
   - Simple: To do a test in order to find out something or to see what happens.
   - _Researchers experiment constantly, refining their methods after each trial._
   - _She experimented in the lab late into the night, chasing one stubborn result._

## Noun

3. Practical familiarity with something, acquired through direct, repeated experience. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Knowledge or skill that someone gains from doing something many times.

## Verb

Pronunciation: US say "ik-SPER-uh-ment" /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mɛnt/; UK say "ik-SPER-i-ment" /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mɛnt/

4. To test or determine something by trying it out; to make a trial of it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To test something by trying it out to see whether it works.
5. To experience, feel, perceive, or detect something. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To feel or notice something happening to you.
   - _Sailors far from home experiment a longing no words can name._
   - _He experimented a sudden dread as the heavy door creaked open._

## Origin

It comes through Middle English experiment and Old French esperiment from Latin experimentum ("experience, attempt, experiment"). That word derives from experior ("to experience, to attempt"), formed from ex plus *perior, which traces back to Proto-Indo-European *per-.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/experiment (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).