Experimentation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum), attempt

Full definition of experimentation

Noun

1. The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
2. (sciences) A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.
• 2012-01, Robert M. Pringle, How to Be Manipulative, As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.