experiment
/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.38 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
Example Sentences
- "conduct an experiment"
- "carry out some experiments"
- "perform a scientific experiment"
- "From her childhood she had been accustomed to watch, and often to aid, in her uncle's chemical experiments; she was, therefore, not at a loss, as a complete novice in the science would have been."
- "South Korean officials announced last month that an experiment to create artificial rain did not provide the desired results."
- "Pilot [...] Vpon his card and compas firmes his eye, The maisters of his long experiment, And to them does the steddy helme apply [...]."
Etymology
From Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *per-, experiment, esperiment, experimentum
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/
- British English: /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ɪ.mənt/