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1. ''noun''
 
1. ''noun''
       a. An experiment is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight  
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       a. An experiment is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a [[hypothesis]]. Experiments provide insight  
 
   
 
   
 
         into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment</ref>
 
         into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment</ref>

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colloquial


1. noun

    a. TEST, TRIAL [1]

2. verb

    c. to try or test, especially in order to discover or prove something [2]

scientific


1. noun

     a. An experiment is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight 

       into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated. [3]


Scientific Experiment in context

"Once the hypothesis has been established, it is time to *TEST IT* . The process of experimentation is what sets science apart from other disciplines,

and it leads to discoveries every day. An EXPERIMENT is designed to *PROVE or DISPROVE* the hypothesis. If your prediction is correct, you will

not be able to reject the hypothesis." The Nature of Science and The Scientific Method[4]


"The Final Arbiter of truth in 'Science' is experiment."

Computational Chemistry -- Introduction to the theory and application of Molecular and Quantum Mechanics[5]


"The only way things change in Physics is experiments ...Everything is based on experiments, that's the only way we change our mind." Wave Theory of Light[6]


"Experiment is the only means of knowledge at our disposal. Everything else is poetry imagination." Molecular Quantum Mechanics[7]





References

  1. merriam-webster.com/dictionary/experiment
  2. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/experiment
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment
  4. McLelland, Christine V: The Nature of Science and The Scientific Method; The Geological Society of America https://www.geosociety.org/documents/gsa/geoteachers/NatureScience.pdf
  5. Lewars, EG: Computational Chemistry -- Introduction to the theory and application of Molecular and Quantum Mechanics; Third Edition 2016, p. 5.
  6. Ramamurti Shankar; Chair/Professor of Physics, Yale. Wave Theory of Light. ( .22 second mark)
  7. Max Planck (Nobel Prize, Physics), Quoted in; Atkins P.W.,: Molecular Quantum Mechanics; Oxford University Press, 1983