experimentation

UK /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ɪ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/ US /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

active, animal, artificial, creative, cruel, good, manipulative, passive

VERB + EXPERIMENTATION

appreciate, believes, derive, discovers, dyeing, encourages, field, key

EXPERIMENTATION + NOUN

creativity, intelligence, nature, science, tinker

PREP.

from, in, in, through, with

ADV.

ideally, often

Definitions

noun

The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.

A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.

As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation

experiment

noun — the testing of an idea

experiment

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.

Wiktionary

As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.

Wiktionary

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

Tatoeba · #20913

Experimentation can be good.

Tatoeba · #4498456

The key is experimentation.

Tatoeba · #5737904

Animal experimentation is cruel.

Tatoeba · #5953509

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