experiment: значение и определения

A test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried. The process of conducting such a test; experimentation.

An innovative act or procedure:"Democracy is only an experiment in government"(William Ralph Inge).

The result of experimentation:"We are not [nature's] only experiment"(R. Buckminster Fuller).

To conduct an experiment.

To try something new, especially in order to gain experience: experiment with new methods of teaching.