experimentation
noun
Simple meaning
A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɪkspɛɹəmənˈteɪʃən
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Definition
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noun
sciences
A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.
The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Formality
- Technical
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This meaning: (sciences) A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.
Used this way, experimentation is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in academic writing and relationships contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Academic writing
- Relationships
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A research worker who conducts experiments.
Related to A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.
In an experimental fashion.
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In an experimental fashion.
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