experiment

n

1. trial, test, demonstration, examination, investigation, inquiry, questioning, research, experimentation; venture, endeavor, effort, attempt, essay, go; tryout, feeler, trial balloon, speculation; trial and error, process of elimination, tentative procedure, shot in the dark, random shot.

2. test procedure, Inf. pilot, operation; observation, analysis, touchstone, assay.

3. evidence, verification, confirmation, corroboration, substantiation, authentication, proof.

v

4. try, test, demonstrate, examine, probe, investigate, inquire, question, speculate; try out, sample, try and try again, make trial of, conduct an experiment; put to the test, analyze, assay; verify, prove, demonstrate.

5. venture, endeavor, attempt, essay, have a go at; approach, look at, take a fresh look at, begin work on, take preliminary steps, set about, break with tradition, explore new avenues, enter virgin territory, Inf. give something a whirl, Inf. fool around with; feel one's way, put out feelers, send up a trial balloon, feel the pulse; grope for, fish for, grasp at straws