experimentation

noun
/ɪkˌspɛɹ.ɪ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/UK/ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum), "attempt". Morphologically experiment + -ation.

  1. derived from *per-
  2. derived from experimentum
  3. derived from esperiment
  4. inherited from experiment
  5. suffixed as experimentation — “experiment + -ation

Definitions

  1. The act of experimenting

    The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

    • When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.
  2. A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to…

    A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.

    • As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at experimentation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at experimentation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at experimentation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA