experimentationn.
/ᵻkˌspɛrᵻmɛnˈteɪʃn/, /ɛkˌspɛrᵻmɛnˈteɪʃn/, /ᵻkˌspɛrᵻm(ə)nˈteɪʃn/, /ɛkˌspɛrᵻm(ə)nˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ɪkˌspɛrəmənˈteɪʃən/, /ɛkˌspɛrəmənˈteɪʃən/ The action or process of experimenting or making experiments; a series of experiments.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun]
fandingOE
fanda1325
saya1393
assayc1450
trial1570
examen1609
experimentation1674
experiment1678
examination1819
tâtonnement1847
tentative1865
adventurism1923
1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 67 If the just length of any one Gun hath been well found by good Experimentation, then may also be known the length of every Gun.
1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 208 He was..resolved not to be a Subject of the Artist's Experimentations.
1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 78 Many things in science were deduced which only modern experimentation could establish.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 47 This method of experimentation can throw but little light upon, etc.
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