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experimenter

/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mɛn.tə/US/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mɛn.tɚ/

experimenter noun: a person who experiments.

Noun

experimenter (plural experimenters)

  1. A person who experiments.
    • In the request-only condition, the experimenter said simply 'Excuse me, I have 5 (20) copies. May I use the xerox machine?' In the placebic information condition, this was followed by the phrase 'because I need to make copies'. In the real information condition, the reason offered in support was...1986, J. Richard Eiser, Social psychology: attitude, cognition, and social behavior, page 227
    • In reliable environments, waiting to eat a second marshmallow is likely to be beneficial. However, in environments in which rewards are uncertain, such as when experimenters are unreliable, eating the single marshmallow right away may be beneficial. Thus, impulsivity can be understood as an...2020, Joseph Cesario, David J. Johnson, Heather L. Eisthen, “Your Brain Is Not an Onion With a Tiny Reptile Inside”, in Current Directions in Psychological Science, volume 29, number 3

experimenter meaning in Tamil

experimenter in Tamil

ஆய்வாளர், சோதனையாளர், புற ஆய்வாளர்

Examples of experimenter in a sentence

  • In the request-only condition, the experimenter said simply 'Excuse me, I have 5 (20) copies.1986, J. Richard Eiser, Social psychology: attitude, cognition, and social behavior, page 227:
  • However, in environments in which rewards are uncertain, such as when experimenters are unreliable, eating the single marshmallow right away may be beneficial.2020, Joseph Cesario, David J. Johnson, Heather L. Eisthen, “Your Brain Is Not an Onion With a Tiny Reptile Inside”, in Current Directions...

Forms of experimenter

pluralexperimenters

Origin of experimenter

From experiment + -er.

Words formed from experimenter

Questions about experimenter

What does experimenter mean?
Experimenter means a person who experiments.
What is experimenter in Tamil?
Experimenter in Tamil is ஆய்வாளர், சோதனையாளர், புற ஆய்வாளர். See Experimenter meaning in Tamil.
How do you use experimenter in a sentence?
In the request-only condition, the experimenter said simply 'Excuse me, I have 5 (20) copies.
What part of speech is experimenter?
Experimenter is a noun.
How do you pronounce experimenter?
Experimenter is pronounced /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mɛn.tə/ (UK).
What is the plural of experimenter?
The plural of experimenter is experimenters.

Words near experimenter in the dictionary

  1. experimentator
  2. experimentators
  3. experimented
  4. experimentee
  5. experimentees
  6. experimenter
  7. experimenters
  8. experimenting
  9. experimentings
  10. experimentise
  11. experimentised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: experimenter (page history and authors); experimenter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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