Definition of experiment
- n. - Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or
disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by
the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover
some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate
some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof.
- n. - Experience.
- v. t. - To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; --
often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment;
with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as,
to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies,
or by steam power.
- v. t. - To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial
experience.