Synonyms:
experiment, experimentation
Meaning: the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories"
Synonyms:
experiment, experimentation
Meaning: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
Usage examples
"The 'A' type Edison cell is the outcome of nine years of costly experimentation and persistent toil on the part of its inventor and his associates....
But that could be justified; it was the only safe kind of surgery and the only way to make sure there was no unsupervised experimentation, such as that which supposedly caused the plague.
Furthermore, they should bear in mind that most of our important discoveries would not have been made had animal experimentation not been available, as it is solely by this means that modern surgical and obstetrical technique has been brought to its present degree of perfection; and further progress can scarcely be expected without its aid.