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experiments

Syllables: ex·per·i·mentsUK/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənts//ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənts/

experiments is the plural of experiment.

experiments is the third-person singular simple present indicative of experiment.

Meaning of experiment

Noun

experiment (plural experiments)

  1. A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
    • conduct an experiment
  2. (obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.
    • Pilot [...] Vpon his card and compas firmes his eye,
      The maisters of his long experiment,
      And to them does the steddy helme apply [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Phrases with experiments

Questions about experiments

What is experiments the plural of?
Experiments is the plural of experiment.
How do you pronounce experiments?
Experiments is pronounced /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənts/ (UK).

Words near experiments in the dictionary

  1. experimentize
  2. experimentized
  3. experimentizes
  4. experimentizing
  5. experimently
  6. experiments
  7. experimentum crucis
  8. experimentwise
  9. expersate
  10. expert
  11. expert system

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