experiment
    n 1: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
         [syn: experiment, experimentation]
    2: the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living";
       "not all experimentation is done in laboratories" [syn:
       experiment, experimentation]
    3: a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he
       decided to grow a beard"
    v 1: to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting
         with the new drug in order to fight this disease"
    2: try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students
       experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new
       style" [syn: experiment, try out]

Experiment \Ex*per"i*ment\, v. t.
   To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience.
   [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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Experiment \Ex*per"i*ment\, n. [L. experimentum, fr. experiri to
   try: cf. OF. esperiment, experiment. See Experience.]
   1. A trial or special observation, made to confirm or
      disprove something uncertain; esp., one under controlled
      conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or
      operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown
      principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate
      some hypothesis, theory, or known truth; practical test;
      proof.
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            A political experiment can not be made in a
            laboratory, nor determined in a few hours. --J.
                                                  Adams.
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   2. Experience. [Obs.]
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            Adam, by sad experiment I know
            How little weight my words with thee can find.
                                                  --Milton.
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Experiment \Ex*per"i*ment\ ([e^]ks*p[e^]r"[i^]*ment), v. t.
   [imp. & p. p. Experimented; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Experinenting.]
   To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often
   with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an
   experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by,
   referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity;
   he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power.
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Experiment, GA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Georgia
   Population (2000):    3233
   Housing Units (2000): 1259
   Land area (2000):     3.040371 sq. miles (7.874524 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.040371 sq. miles (7.874524 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            28296
   Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
   Location:             33.274505 N, 84.274758 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Experiment, GA
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