MEANING
The process of trying methods or possibilities to discover their effects or determine what works.
Use it for
describing systematic testing of alternative methods; explaining exploratory trials before adopting a procedure; discussing creative investigation without claiming a controlled experimentNames a process of testing alternatives rather than assuming a single test or a fully controlled experimental design. Academic functions: Research / Methodology.
Words that belong together
- systematic experimentation
- experimentation with different methods
- artistic experimentation
On the page
The workshop encouraged experimentation with several interview formats.
The poet’s experimentation with syntax unsettles the distinction between speech and narration.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- experimentation
Usage notes
Uncountable. Use experimentation with + method/material, experimentation on + subject, or a series of experiments for countable trials. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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