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Definition: Experiment |
ExperimentNoun1. The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation. 2. The testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories". 3. A venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard". Verb1. To conduct a test or investigation, try out: "..willingness to experiment in this musical field..". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "experiment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Note: Experiment \Ex*per"i*ment\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Experimented; Experinenting.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | A trial, test, procedure, or special observation to discover some unknown effect of principle to confirm or disprove a hypothesis or theory, or to illustrate a known truth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Social Sciences | Any process or study which results in the collection of data, the outcome of which is unknown. In statistics, the term is usually restricted to situations in which the researcher has control over some of the conditions under which the experiment takes place. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Simple:ExperimentIn the scientific method, an experiment is a set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or identify a causal relationship between phenomena. The experiment is a cornerstone in empirical approach to knowledge.
An Experiment in Baking
As a simple example, consider that many bakers have noticed that the amount of "fluffiness" in a loaf of bread seems to be related to how much humidity there is in the air when the dough is being made. This can be formalized as the hypothesis: "all other things being considered equal, the greater the humidity, the fluffier the bread".
While this hypothesis might arise naturally from baking many loaves over time, an experiment to determine whether or not this is really true would be to carefully prepare bread dough, as identically as possible, on two types of days: days when the humidity is high, and days when the humidity is low. If the hypothesis is true, then the bread prepared on the high humidity days should be fluffier.
Several features of this experiment hold in general for all experiments:
Repeatability of an experiment helps to eliminate various types of experimental errors - one may think that one has accurately described all of the relevant techniques and measurements in an experiment, but certain other effects (such as the brand of the flour, trace impurities in the water used in the dough, etc.) may actually be contributing to the observed effects. In the scientific method, someone may claim that they have performed an experiment with a particular result, and thereby supported a particular hypothesis. However, until other scientists have performed the same experiment in the same way and gotten the same results, the experiment is usually not considered as a "proven" result (see cold fusion for a recent example).
- We must try to make all other conditions of the process to be as similar as possible between the trials. For example, the amounts of flour and water added, the temperature of the butter, and the amount of kneading all may have an effect on the fluffiness; so the experiment should explicitly attempt to control the other variables which could have an effect on the outcome. This gives us some confidence in the statement "all other things being equal,...".
- Although "fluffiness" may seem to be an easily understood idea, one baker's idea of "fluffy bread" may be different than another baker's. The experiment must be based on objective quantities - for example "fluffiness is measured as the total volume of the loaf of bread from one pound of flour". This idea, coupled with the exactness of the description of how the experiment is to be performed, is sometimes called the operational aspect of the experiment; the idea that all actions, quantities, and observations can be agreed upon by reasonable people.
- Noting that once, on a humid day, one baked a fluffy loaf is not enough. The experiment should be repeatable; given that one performs the experiment exactly as described, one should expect to see the same results, no matter who performs the experiment or how many times it is performed.
- Finally, even though one has baked bread a hundred times, occasionally a loaf will completely fail "because the kitchen gods are unhappy". It is important to realize that some hypotheses cannot be tested experimentally - since we cannot make a measurement which will tell us whether or not the "kitchen gods" are "happy", we cannot perform an experiment which either proves or disproves the hypothesis "the best bread happens when the kitchen gods are happy".
Experimental Design
Experimental design attempts to balance the requirements and limitations of the field of science in which one works so that the experiment can provide the best conclusion about the hypothesis being tested.
In some sciences, such as physics and chemistry, it is relatively easy to meet the requirements that all measurements be made objectively, and that all conditions can be kept controlled across experimental trials. On the other hand, in other cases such as biology, and medicine, it is often hard to ensure that the conditions of an experiment be performed consistently; and in the social sciences, it may even be difficult to determine a method for measuring the outcomes of an experiment in an objective manner.
For this reason, sciences such as physics are often referred to as "hard sciences", while others such as sociology are referred to as "soft sciences"; in an attempt to capture the idea that objective measurements are often far easier in the former, and far more difficult in the latter.
In addition, in the soft sciences, the requirement for a "controlled situation" may actually work against the utility of the hypothesis in a more general situation. When the desire is to test a hypothesis that works "in general", an experiment may have a great deal of internal validity, in the sense that it is valid in a highly controlled situation, while at the same time lack external validity when the results of the experiment are applied to a real world situation.
As a result of these considerations, experimental design in the "hard" sciences tends to focus on the elimination of exteraneous effects (type of flour, impurities in the water); while experimental design in the "soft" sciences focuses more on the problems of external validity, often through the use of statistical methods. Occasionally events occur naturally from which scientific evidence be drawn, natural experiments. In such cases the problem of the scientist is to evaluate the natural "design".
Controlled Experiments
Many hypotheses in sciences such as physics can establish causality by noting that, until some phenomenon occurs, nothing happens; then when the phenomenon occurs, a second phenomenon is observed. But often in science, this situation is difficult to obtain.
For example, in the old joke, someone claims that they are snapping their fingers "to keep the tigers away"; and justifies this behaviour by saying "see - it's working!". While this "experiment" does not falsify the hypothesis "snapping fingers keeps the tigers away", it does not really support the hypothesis - not snapping your fingers keeps the tigers away as well.
To demonstrate a cause and effect hypothesis, an experiment must often show that, for example, a phenomenon occurs after a certain treatment is given to a subject, and that the phenomenon does not occur in the absence of the treatment. (See Baconian method.)
A controlled experiment generally compares the results obtained from an experimental sample against a control sample, which is practically identical to the experimental sample except for the one aspect whose effect is being tested.
Controlled experiments can be particularly useful when it is difficult to exactly control all the conditions in an experiment. The experiment begins by creating two or more sample groups that are probabilistically equivalent, which means that measurements of traits should be similar among the groups and that the groups should respond in the same manner if given the same treatment. This equivalency is determined by statistical methods that take into account the amount of variation between individuals and the number of individuals in each group. In fields such as microbiology and chemistry, where there is very little variation between individuals and the group size is easily in the millions, these statistical methods are often bypassed and simply splitting a solution into equal parts is assumed to produce identical sample groups.
Once equivalent groups have been formed, the experimenter tries to treat them identically except for the one variable that he or she wishes to isolate. Human experimentation requires special safeguards against outside variables such as the placebo effect. Such experiments are generally double blind, meaning that neither the volunteer nor the researcher knows which individuals are in the control group or the experimental group until after all of the data has been collected. This ensures that any effects on the volunteer are due to the treatment itself and are not a response to the knowledge that he is being treated.
Natural Experiments
Sometimes controlled experiments are prohibitively difficult, so researchers resort to natural experiments. Natural experiments take advantage of predictable natural changes in simple systems to measure the effect of that change on some phenomenon.
Much of astronomy relies on experiments of this type. It is clearly impratical, when trying to prove the hypotehsis "suns are collapsed clouds of hydrogen", to start out with a giant cloud of hydrogen, and then perform the experiment of waiting a few billion years for it to form a sun. However, by observing various clouds of hydrogen in various states of collapse, and other implications of the hypothesis (for example, the presence of various spectral emissions from the light of stars), we can collect the experimental data we require to support the hypothesis.
An early example of this type of experiment was the first verification in the 1600s that light does not travel from place to place instantaneously, but instead has a measurable speed. Observation of the appearance of the moons of Jupiter were slightly delayed when Jupiter was far from Earth, as opposed to when Jupiter was closer to Earth; and this phenomenon was used to demonstrate that the time delays were consistent with a measurable speed of light.
Quasi-Experiments
Quasi-experiments are very much like controlled experiments except that they lack probabilistic equivalency between groups. These types of experiments often arise in the area of medicine where, for ethical reasons, it is not possible to create a truly controlled group. For example, one would not want to deny all forms of treatment for a life-threatening disease from one group of patients to evaluate the effectiveness of another treatment on a different group of patients. Researchers compensate for this with complicated statistical methods.
Quotes
- "We have to learn again that science without contact with experiments is an enterprise which is likely to go completely astray into imaginary conjecture." — Hannes Alfven
- "Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality." — Nikola Tesla
Related Links
See also: thought experiment, Significant Figures
- The Research Methods Knowledge Base by William M.K. Trochim http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/desexper.htm
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Experiment."
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Experiment is a town located in Spalding County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 3,233.Geography
Experiment is located at 33°16'28" North, 84°16'29" West (33.274505, -84.274758)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 7.9 km² (3.0 mi²). 7.9 km² (3.0 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 3,233 people, 1,163 households, and 839 families residing in the town. The population density is 410.6/km² (1,063.4/mi²). There are 1,259 housing units at an average density of 159.9/km² (414.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 45.50% White, 52.55% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.03% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. 1.24% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,163 households out of which 34.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.9% are married couples living together, 30.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% are non-families. 23.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.72 and the average family size is 3.16. In the town the population is spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 82.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 74.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $25,078, and the median income for a family is $27,139. Males have a median income of $27,447 versus $19,194 for females. The per capita income for the town is $11,255. 26.2% of the population and 26.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 41.2% are under the age of 18 and 3.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Experiment, Georgia."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| EXP | English | Experiment | N/A |
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Synonym: ExperimentSynonym: experimentation (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: experimented (engineering & technology). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Essay | Verb: try, essay; experiment; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, tempt fortune; try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand; use one's endeavor; feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way. |
Evidence | Collect evidence, bring together evidence, rake up evidence; experiment. |
Experiment | Verb: experiment; essay; (endeavor); try, try out, assay; make an experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to trial; experiment upon; rehearse; put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof; prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength; road-test, test drive, take for a spin; test fly. |
Noun: experiment; essay; (attempt); analysis; (investigation); screen; trial, tentative method, t_tonnement. | |
Protocol, experimental method, blind experiment, double-blind experiment, controlled experiment. | |
Inquiry | Bring in question, bring into question, subject to examination; put to the proof; (experiment); audit, tax, pass in review; take into consideration; (think over); take counsel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | That should be enough to cover the experiment, the arrest, and most of your trial (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Daryl is an experiment in artificial intelligence (D.A.R.Y.L.; writing credit: David Ambrose; Allan Scott) Because it was a controlled experiment. (The Haunting; writing credit: David Self) I've been anxious to experiment with a male Caucasian brain (Zombi Holocaust; writing credit: Fabrizio De Angelis; Walter Patriarca) Let's experiment. (Quigley Down Under; writing credit: John Hill) | |
Lyrics | Except for the few we take home to experiment. (Poisoning Pigeons In The Park; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Experiment (1973) Experiment (1965) The Quatermass Experiment (1953) Experiment Alcatraz (1950) Strange Experiment (1937) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pictured is a handler, kneeling, wearing a white lab shirt. He is holding a beagle. The dog will probably be used in some experiment. It is an outdoor setting. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Shown is a scientist performing drug synthesis in a laboratory setting. She is wearing a white lab coat and wearing protective eye covering. The woman scientist is removing a solvent from a rotary evaporator to concentrate a chemical solution, while performing an experiment to synthesize an anticancer drug. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | CDC lab technician, Dana Shealy, is conducting a lab experiment in the toxicology robotics lab. Credit: CDC. |  | Shooting Star Experiment. Credit: NASA. |
 | Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE). Credit: NASA. |  | Stations used by Maurice Ewing in 1st offshore seismic reflection experiment Conducted on board C&GS Ship OCEANOGRAPHER Helped prove feasibility of measuring depth to basement rock from a ship Work done with C&GS because of radio acoustic ranging experience The beginning of offshore geophysical exploration. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Fred Walton ready for ghostbusters - the truth is out there! Really Fred was wired up for a sleep/brainwave medical experiment. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Lieutenant Cindy McFee having blood drawn as part of medical experiment. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Cloudline Experiment #3. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Substrate stabilization manipulation experiment on Prudence Island. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| "ExperiMENT.h2o" by Brendan Paxton Commentary: "An experiment of water photography. I was browsing through http://www.daprints.com and there were a lot of interesting shots of water drops in movement. So I tried many different things until I was satisfied with this photo- since this one has so many re" | "B&W tree" by Guiga Müller Commentary: "In college we did an experiment called "blind photography" in wich we have to take pictures with our eyes closed...this is one of the results...I like it!." |
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Charles Francis Adams | The American experiment is the most tremendous and far reaching engine of social change which has ever either blessed or cursed mankind. |
Henry David Thoreau | How could youths better learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living? |
James A. Froude | Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive. |
James Madison | We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | That which we call sin in others, is experiment for us. |
| No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no Past at my back. | |
Roger Bacon | He therefore who wishes to rejoice without doubt in regard to the truths underlying phenomena must know how to devote himself to experiment. |
Sir William Davenant | I shall ask leave to sesist, when I am interrupted by so great an experiment as dying. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Science, after long experiment, now knows that the most fertilising and the most effective of manures is that of man. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | One of the oldest and most expert among them obtained leave to try an experiment. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | But to make haste to my own experiment. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In an experiment, children were inoculated with fluid from the lesions of patients with shingles. (references) | |
In the pioneering 1990 experiment, some of the girls’ T cells were removed, treated to make them more active, and a gene for ADA was introduced. (references) | ||
In that early maze experiment, the rats whose memories had improved not only had higher NGF levels but also their cholinergic neurons had regenerated. (references) | ||
Business | A large-scale experiment with electronic publishing started in November 1999 using satellite. (references) | |
The premium segment is largely being driven by younger drinkers wanting to experiment with different beers. (references) | ||
Sanyo Electric, another Japanese leading electric company, has started experiment in March 2000 with electronic music distribution through their new "Sound Boutique" stations. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Sweden | To remedy this situation, the Government continued to experiment with pilot programs at selected border crossings to provide expeditious legal assistance. (references) |
Economic History | Saudi Arabia | Likewise, the Government has begun to experiment with Build-Own-Operate (BOO) private sector financing schemes. (references) |
Egypt | Egyptian novelists and poets were among the first to experiment with modern styles of Arabic literature, and the forms they developed have been widely imitated. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Venezuela | Despite accusations of fraud, the elections were held with few violent incidents, and most observers regarded this experiment in direct election of labor leaders as a success. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ELECTRICITY, n. The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. It is the same thing as lightning, and its famous attempt to strike Dr. Franklin is one of the most picturesque incidents in that great and good man's career. The memory of Dr. Franklin is justly held in great reverence, particularly in France, where a waxen effigy of him was recently on exhibition, bearing the following touching account of his life and services to science: "Monsieur Franqulin, inventor of electricity. This illustrious savant, after having made several voyages around the world, died on the Sandwich Islands and was devoured by savages, of whom not a single fragment was ever recovered." Electricity seems destined to play a most important part in the arts and industries. The question of its economical application to some purposes is still unsettled, but experiment has already proved that it will propel a street car better than a gas jet and give more light than a horse. |
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Dennis Miller | I say if you really want to discourage people from doing drugs, legalize everything for a year and encourage people to experiment. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | We are authorized to hope that a proper organization of the whole, with the auxiliary agency of governments for the respective subdivisions, will afford a happy issue to the experiment. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Because it is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. |
Theodore Roosevelt | 1901-1909 | Upon the success of our experiment much depends, not only as regards our own welfare, but as regards the welfare of mankind. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | Any wild experiment will only add to the confusion. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | The American experiment has, for generations, fired the passion and the courage of millions elsewhere seeking freedom, equality, and opportunity. |
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| "Experiment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.53% of the time. "Experiment" is used about 2,995 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.53% | 2,621 | 3,487 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 11.97% | 359 | 15,003 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.47% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,995 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Experiment, GA (CDP, FIPS 28296) |
Expressions using "experiment": blank experiment ♦ blind experiment ♦ control experiment ♦ controlled experiment ♦ experiment in chemistry ♦ experiment with ♦ inclining experiment ♦ internet Experiment Note ♦ literature search experiment ♦ perform an experiment ♦ pilot experiment ♦ through an experiment ♦ Valsalvian experiment. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "experiment": experiment-based, experiment-the. | |
Ending with "experiment": cross-experiment, meta-experiment, mis-experiment, thought-experiment. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "experiment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | eksperiment. (various references) | |
Albanian | eksperimentoj (experimentalise, experimentalize), eksperimentim, eksperiment (test, trial), provë (assay, audition, averment, demonstration, evidence, fact, fitting, flier, prill, probation, prolusion, proof, reasoning, rehearsal, run through, rush, school, seal, sign, substantiation, taste, tasting, test, touch, trial, try, try on, try out, witness). (various references) | |
Arabic | تجربة (attempt), قام بتجارب, تجريب, تجربة (assay, attempt, experience, go, proof, shot, test, trial, try, whirl), جرب (experience, give it a try, give it a whirl, have a go, pilot, proof, scab, tempt, test, try, try out), إختبار (exam, experience, ordeal, proof, quiz, test, trial). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | опитвам (attempt, essay, partake, sample, taste, try), опит (attempt, crack, essay, experience, go, go off, shot, shy, stab, tentative, trial, try, whack, whirl), експеримент (try), пробвам (attempt, essay, give it a try, sample, try, try on), проба (assay, attempt, audition, hallmark, proof, sample, taste, tentative, test, trial, try, try on, try out), правя опит (offer). (various references) | |
Chinese | 試驗 (experimental, test), 試 (examination, test, to test, to try), 实验 (Experimentation). (various references) | |
Czech | experimentovat (carry out experiments), experiment, pokus (attempt, bid, effort, shot, test, touch, trial, try, venture). (various references) | |
Danish | eksperiment. (various references) | |
Dutch | proefneming (test), experimenteren, experiment. (various references) | |
Esperanto | eksperimento, eksperimenti. (various references) | |
Farsi | تجربه کردن (Experience), تجربه (Experience), تدبیر (Contraption, Contrivance, Counsel, Design, Gimmick, Machination, Plan, Rede, Scheme), عمل (Act, Exploit, Function, Issue, Jest, Latitude, Operation, Ploy, Work), امتحان (Assay, Examination, Quiz, Shibboleth, Temptation, Trial, Try), ازمایش کردن (Approve, Essay, Gauge, Quiz), ازمایش (Assay, Examination, Experience, Shy, Temptation, Test, Trial, Try, Tryout). (various references) | |
Finnish | kokeilu (trial), kokeilla (make experiments, to try, try), koe (test, trial). (various references) | |
French | essai, expérience (experience, expertise). (various references) | |
Frisian | eksperimintearje. (various references) | |
German | Versuch (attempt, bid, effort, essay, go, shot, stab, test, touchdown, trial, try, trying), Experiment (trial). (various references) | |
Greek | πείραμα, πειραματίζομαι. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לערוך נסוי, לנסין, לנסות (angle, attempt, endeavor, endeavour, essay, examine, have a go, test, try, try out), תבחין (diagnosis, test, trial), נסוי (examination, test, trial). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kísérlet (attempt, balked landing, essay, fling, rash act, shy, tentative, test, try). (various references) | |
Indonesian | eksperimen, percobaan (afflication, attempt, audittion, ordeal, specimen, trial, tryout). (various references) | |
Italian | esperimento (attempt, essay, trial), esperienza (experience). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 試作 (trial manufacture), 試み (trial), 試み (trial), 実験 , 実験 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しさく (composition of a poem, measure, meditation, policy, speculation, stay, thinking, trial manufacture), こころみ (trial), じっけん (checking, inspecting, real power, seeing with one's own eyes, witnessing). (various references) | |
Korean | 실험 (Empirical, Experimental, Experimentation). (various references) | |
Manx | prowaltys, jannoo prowaltys (experimentation). (various references) | |
Norwegian | eksperiment. (various references) | |
Papiamen | eksperimento, eksperimentá. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | experimentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | experimento, experiência (background, essay, experience, experimentation, feedback, probation, proof, test, trial, try, try-out). (various references) | |
Romanian | experimenta (experience, test, try), experiment, experienţã (essay, experience, praxis, proficiency, skill, test, trial), face experienţe, încercare (attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, endeavour, essay, go, hardship, proof, shy, suffering, tempting, tentative, test, trial, try, visitation, whack). (various references) | |
Russian | экспериментировать эксперимент, экспериментировать (experimentalize), эксперимент, опыт (essay, experience, test, trial), испытание (assay, dry run, experience, noviciate, novitiate, probation, proof, test, touch, trial, try). (various references) | |
Scottish | archuisg. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | eksperimentisati, eksperiment, opit (trial), ogled (assay, essay, temptation, trier). (various references) | |
Spanish | experimento (experimentation), ensayo (assay, attempt, essay, exercise, practice, rehearsal, runthrough, test, testing, touchdown, trial, try). (various references) | |
Swedish | försök (attempt, attempts, bid, come on, effort, endeavor, endeavour, essay, experimentation, fling, go, shot, shy, stab, test, trial, try, try out, venture, whack), experimentera (experimenting), experiment (experiments, test, trial). (various references) | |
Turkish | deneye tabi tutmak, deney yapmak, deney (pilot, proving, test), denemek (assay, attempt, chance, condition, essay, experience, give it a shot, give it a try, have a go, have a go at, have a shy at, have a stab at, have a try, prove, put, put to the touch, sample, take a chance, take a whack at, test, try, try on, try out), deneme (assay, bash, crack, dissertation, effort, essay, experimentation, fling, go, pilot, practice, probation, proof, proving, shakedown, shot, study, tentative, test, testing, touch, trial, try, try out, whack, workout). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | робити досліди, випробовувати (approve, probe, prove, put to the test, task, tax, test, try out), експеримент, дослід (tentative). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự thử (assay, experimentalise, experimentalize, experimentation, tentative, touch, try, try-out), cuộc thí nghiệm sự thí nghiệm (experimentalise, experimentalize). (various references) | |
Welsh | arbrofi, arbrawf. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | experimento, experimentum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Corinthians Chapter 9, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dia thV dokimhV thV diakoniaV tauthV doxazonteV ton qeon epi th upotagh thV omologiaV umwn eiV to euaggelion tou cristou kai aplothti thV koinwniaV eiV autouV kai eiV pantaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Per probationem ministerii huius glorificantes Deum in oboedientia confessionis vestrae in evangelium Christi et simplicitate communicationis in illos et in omnes |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Bi the preuyng of this mynystrie, which glorifien God in the obedience of youre knouleching in the gospel of Crist, and in symplenesse of comynycacioun in to hem and in to alle, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Of many whiche prayse god for the obedience of youre professynge ye gospell of Christ and for youre synglenes in distributynge to them and to all me: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | While by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution to them, and to all men; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Corinthians Chapter 9, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | Pinaagi sa pagsulay sa maong pag-alagad, kamo magahimaya sa Dios pinaagi sa inyong pagkamatinahuron sa pag-ila sa Maayong Balita mahitungod kang Cristo, ug pinaagi sa pagkamadagayaon sa inyong amot alang kanila ug alang usab sa tanan nga uban pa, |
| Croatian | Osvjedoèeni ovim posluživanjem, slave Boga zbog vašega pokornog ispovijedanja evanðelja Kristova i zbog velikodušnog zajedništva prema njima i prema svima. |
| Danish | når de ved det prøvede Sind, som denne Ydelse viser, bringes til at prise Gud for Lydigheden i eders Bekendelse til Kristi Evangelium og for Oprigtigheden i eders Samfund med dem og med alle, |
| Dutch | Dewijl zij door de beproeving dezer bediening God verheerlijken over de onderwerping uwer belijdenis onder het Evangelie van Christus, en over de goeddadigheid der mededeling aan hen en aan allen; |
| Finnish | kun he, tästä teidän palveluksestanne huomattuaan, kuinka taattu teidän mielenne on, ylistävät Jumalaa siitä, että te näin alistuvaisesti tunnustaudutte Kristuksen evankeliumiin ja näin vilpittömästi olette ruvenneet yhteyteen heidän kanssaan ja kaikkien kanssa. |
| French | En considération de ce secours dont ils font l`expérience, ils glorifient Dieu de votre obéissance dans la profession de l`Évangile de Christ, et de la libéralité de vos dons envers eux et envers tous; |
| German | und preisen Gott über euer untertäniges Bekenntnis des Evangeliums Christi und über eure einfältige Steuer an sie und an alle, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dan dari kebajikan yang kalian tunjukkan itu, banyak orang Kristen di Yudea akan memuji Allah karena mereka melihat kesetiaanmu terhadap Kabar Baik tentang Kristus yang kalian ikuti itu. Juga, mereka memuji Allah, karena kalian sangat murah hati untuk membagi-bagikan kepada mereka dan kepada semua orang lain apa yang ada padamu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan oleh sebab nyata ketetapan kamu di dalam pekerjaan kebajikan ini, maka mereka itu memuliakan Allah karena sebab taat atas pengakuan kamu kepada Injil Kristus, dan karena sebab kemurahan pemberianmu kepada mereka itu dan kepada sekalian orang. |
| Italian | A causa della bella prova di questo servizio essi ringrazieranno Dio per la vostra obbedienza e accettazione del vangelo di Cristo, e per la generosità della vostra comunione con loro e con tutti; |
| Maori | Na te mea hoki ka kitea koutou i tenei mahi minita, ka whakakororia ratou i te Atua mo koutou kua whakaae nei, kua ngohengohe nei ki te rongopai o te Karaiti, a mo to koutou pono ki a koutou ohaoha ki a ratou me te katoa; |
| Norwegian | idet de ved det hjertelag som denne hjelp viser, kommer til å prise Gud for eders lydighet til å bekjenne Kristi evangelium og for opriktigheten i eders samfund med dem og med alle, |
| Portuguese | visto como, na prova desta ministração, eles glorificam a Deus pela submissão que confessais quanto ao evangelho de Cristo, e pela liberalidade da vossa contribuição para eles, e para todos; |
| Rumanian | Awa cq dovada datq de voi prin ajutorul acesta, ki face sq slqveascq pe Dumnezeu pentru ascultarea pe care mqrturisiyi cq o aveyi fayq de Evanghelia lui Hristos, wi pentru dqrnicia ajutorului vostru fayq de ei wi fayq de toyi; |
| Shuar | Nu shuar Yáintai tusarum tura Ashí Yus-shuar yaintai tusarum Súatsrumek. Nujai Kristu shiir chichamen umiarmena nuna nékainiawai. Tura Kuítrum emeentutsuk sua asakrumin niisha Yusa Náarin uunt awajsartatui. |
| Swahili | Kutokana na uthibitisho unaoonyeshwa kwa huduma hii yetu, watu watamtukuza Mungu kwa sababu ya uaminifu wenu kwa Habari Njema ya Kristo mnayoiungama, na pia kwa sababu ya ukarimu mnaowapa wao na watu wote. |
| Swedish | De skola nämligen, därför att I visen eder så väl hålla provet i fråga om detta understöd, komma att prisa Gud för att I med så lydaktigt sinne bekännen eder till Kristi evangelium och av så gott hjärta visen dem och alla andra edert deltagande. |
| Uma | Ane doo-ta to Yudea toera ria mpohilo pewai' -ni toi mpai', bate mpo'une' Alata'ala-ramo, apa' rahilo kamakono-na pepangala' -ni hi Kareba Kristus, pai' pengkoru-ni hi hawa' -na. Mpo'une' Alata'ala-ramo mpai', apa' manara mpu'u-koi mpobagi rewa-ni hi hira' pai' hi tau ntani' -na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "experiment": experimental, experimentalism, experimentalisms, experimentalist, experimentalists, experimentally, experimentation, experimentations, experimented, experimenter, experimenters, experimenting, experiments. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "experiment": gedankenexperiment, preexperiment. (additional references) | |
Words containing "experiment": gedankenexperiments, nonexperimental, postexperimental, preexperiments. (additional references) | |
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"Experiment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emparkment, emperiment, eperiment, excperiment, experament, experement, experimeny, expiriment, exresident, Xperiment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "experiment" (pronounced ikspe"rumunt) |
| 6 | -r u m u n t | detriment, excrement, increment, instrument, sacrament, temperament. |
| 5 | -u m u n t | argument, armament, accompaniment, adamant, complement, condiment, impediment, implement, disarmament, element, filament, integument, ligament, ornament, orpiment, parliament, predicament, rearmament, regiment, rudiment, sediment, sentiment, supplement, tenement, testament, tournament, vehement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, arraignment, arrangement, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, comportment, concealment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, extinguishment, figment, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, segment, settlement, shipment, statement, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-m-n-p-r-t-x" | |
-1 letter: extermine. | |
-2 letters: inexpert. | |
-3 letters: emetine, emptier, epimere, eremite, externe, extreme, preemie, premeet, premixt, preteen, teenier, terpene. | |
-4 letters: emetin, empire, entire, entree, epimer, ermine, eterne, exempt, expert, expire, extern, meeter, metier, minter, peerie, permit, pitmen, premen, premie, premix, pterin, reemit, remeet, remint, remixt, repent, repine, retene, retime, retine, teemer, teener, temper, triene. | |
-5 letters: eerie, emeer, enter. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-m-n-p-r-t-x" | |
+1 letter: experiments. | |
+2 letters: experimental, experimented, experimenter. | |
+3 letters: experimenters, experimenting, preexperiment. | |
+4 letters: experimentally, extemporaneity, preexperiments. | |
+5 letters: experimentalism, experimentalist, experimentation, hyperexcitement, nonexperimental, proximatenesses. | |
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