experiment

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In fact, maybe this experiment was the reason that Silicon Valley got off to its great start with innovation.

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  1. noun 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. noun The process of conducting such a test; experimentation.
  3. noun An innovative act or procedure: "Democracy is only an experiment in government” (William Ralph Inge).
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  • In fact, maybe this experiment was the reason that Silicon Valley got off to its great start with innovation. —  Tim Brown on creativity and play
  • Eligible for the experiment are a subgroup: People with conditions slowly damaging their livers, such as hepatitis or cirrhosis, when something - an infection, often - abruptly pushes them over the edge into full-fledged liver failure. —  Canadian Online Health News
  • It's just one study, and the experiment is a bit simplistic -- but hopefully others will build on this research to create more complex models as well. —  Techdirt
  • The design of the experiment is the same as that of previous experiments but more parameters will be monitored and the experiment will last longer. —  innovations-report
  • Leading physicists, including Stephen Hawking, say the experiment is absolutely safe. —  WBAY Action 2 News
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research ·  study ·  method ·  project ·  theory ·  experience ·  enterprise ·  problem ·  exercise ·  discovery ·  investigation ·  effort

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experiment:   experiments ·  experimented ·  experimenting
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin experīmentum, from experīrī, to try; see per-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English experiment = D. G. Danish Swedish experiment, from Old French experiment, esperiment = Spanish Portuguese experimento = Italian esperimento, from Latin experimentum, a trial, test, experiment, from experiri, try, test: see experience.
  2. = Dutch experimenteren = German experimentiren = Danish experimentere = Swedish experimentera, from French expérimenter (Old French espermenter) = Provencal experimentar, expermentar = Spanish Portuguese experimentar = Italian esperimentare, sperimentare, from Middle Latin experimentare, experiment; from the noun.
 

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/ɛksˈpɛrɪmənt/
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