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experiment

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  • n  the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
  • n  the testing of an idea
    it was an experiment in living
    not all experimentation is done in laboratories
  • n  a venture at something new or different
    as an experiment he decided to grow a beard
  • v  to conduct a test or investigation
    We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease
  • v  try something new, as in order to gain experience
    Students experiment sexually
    The composer experimented with a new style

  • In one of his most famous experiments, Piaget asked children, "What makes the wind?" A typical Piaget dialogue: Piaget: What makes the wind? Julia: The trees.
  • The experiment Franklin proposed, which he first revealed in a letter to his English agent in July 1750, called for installing on a high place, like a steeple, a sentry box with a .
  • The experiment had no code name, but in Shanghai basketball circles it might as well have been called Operation Yao Ming.
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  • Albert Hofmann in 940 News
    The substance which I wanted to experiment with took over me. I was filled with an overwhelming fear that I would go crazy. I was transported to a different world, a different time,Hofmann wrote.
  • Sarah Palin in FOXNews
    Now is not the time to experiment with socialism,Palin said. "Our opponent's plan is just for bigger government."
  • Koichi Wakata in Inside Japan Tours
    Mr Wakata told the Associated Press: "I wore them for about a month and my station crew members never complained for about a month, so I think the experiment went fine."

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