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experimentation definition

ex·peri·men·ta·tion (ek sper′ə mən tā′s̸hən, -men-; ik-; often, -spir′-)

noun

the conducting of experiments

Etymology: ML experimentatio

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experimentation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • encourage: At the end of each entry are a series of links to encourage experimentation that is not just a wild stab in the dark.

Adjective modifier

  • sonic: New York punk through to sonic experimentation & Sixties girl groups to the latest leftfield & underground classics.

Preposition: on

  • animal: Pisces is totally against experimentation on animals such as was undertaken in the Utrecht study.

Modifies a noun

  • lab: My brother is a Rabbit Killer Montpellier pull out of Oxford primate experimentation lab.

Preposition: with

  • drug: Do you count your blessings that you managed to survive the experimentation with drugs?

Noun used with modifier

  • embryo: Thus abortion, the " morning after " pill and embryo experimentation remain illegal, but the " x " case exception still stands.
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experimentation quotes

Furnished as all Europe is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experimentation, the progress of human knowledge will be rapid and discoveries made of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known a hundred years hence.

-Frank, Anne

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