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[ UK /ɛkspˌɛɹɪməntˈeɪʃən/ ]
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NOUN
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the testing of an idea
it was an experiment in living
not all experimentation is done in laboratories - the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
How To Use experimentation In A Sentence
- I submit, therefore, that a great deal of thought and probably some experimentation are needed to arrive at the correct via media between clericalism and laicism.
- Another level could be called "agile big data," whose concern is solving a different class of problems and allows more experimentation. Forbes.com: News
- And so, with this in mind, and in the spirit of wild experimentation, this week, in place of the usual guttersnipe sneering, I bring you art. Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: TV listings in haiku
- The physics of electromagnetism is the result of rigorous experimentation. Matthew Yglesias » Downward Spiral
- As far as layout is concerned, I greatly enjoy making more traditionally structured comics; I feel that more conservative formal boundaries allows for greater experimentation within those boundaries. Talking Comics with Tim: Nate Powell | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
- Soon enough, our intrepid reporter hero realizes that, due to some nuclear explosion experimentation, the earth has been thrust out of its orbit and is now spiralling towards the sun.
- However, there are some excellent 'old labour 'style policies I'd vote for, unfortunately allied to post-modern, psuedo-sciencey rubbish that reads like the ramblings of a drugged horse (halts to stem cell research, animal experimentation and a promotion of alternative therpaies etc). The murky politics of the Green Party
- In puzzle mode that initially just means activating them slowly enough not to cause collisions, but later levels demand deeper experimentation with order and timing before you wheedle out a viable solution. This week's new games
- Consequently there is no topic that is off limits for discussion, even if a few are off limits for experimentation.
- When no remonstrance of hers availed to prevent the constant increase of expenses, Elizabeth saw that her assistance, instead of helping the family to get out of debt, was simply the means of providing toys for experimentation, and that she was being quietly but persistenly euchred out of all that her heart cherished. The Wind Before the Dawn