as in tests
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment in which he flew a kite in a thunderstorm to see if lightning and electricity were identical
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Recent Examples of experiments
The machines will run complex experiments that require an immense amount of data-crunching capacity, tackling problems ranging from nuclear power to cancer treatments, officials said Monday.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
These experiments point to a hunger for musical experiences that are deeper and more communal.
—Jonathan Garrett, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
In the remote northeast corner of Utah, Powder Haven has quietly become one of the most intriguing experiments in luxury ski real estate.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
Much scholarly attention is also paid to the science of electrical storage, enabling a body to function as a permanently recharged battery, and to the use of an enormous lightning-rod mechanism, which will harness lightning from atop an isolated tower, where Victor conducts his experiments.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
There are direct tritium beta decay experiments (like KATRIN) that are ongoing, seeking to measure the individual neutrino mass eigenstates (ν1, ν2, and ν3) directly.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
These experiments look like a broader effort to train humanoids to maintain balance in challenging environments ahead of industrial or service-oriented applications.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Additional experiments showed that certain signals from the cells’ environment — including one molecule called KIT ligand, which promotes cell growth — helped determine which way the cells went, the release stated.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
In research, the new Clinical Trial Unit Balgrist accelerates clinical experiments by supporting physician scientists.
—Prof. Dr. Med. Mazda Farshad, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
These experiments point to a hunger for musical experiences that are deeper and more communal.
—Jonathan Garrett, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
In the remote northeast corner of Utah, Powder Haven has quietly become one of the most intriguing experiments in luxury ski real estate.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
Much scholarly attention is also paid to the science of electrical storage, enabling a body to function as a permanently recharged battery, and to the use of an enormous lightning-rod mechanism, which will harness lightning from atop an isolated tower, where Victor conducts his experiments.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
There are direct tritium beta decay experiments (like KATRIN) that are ongoing, seeking to measure the individual neutrino mass eigenstates (ν1, ν2, and ν3) directly.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
These experiments look like a broader effort to train humanoids to maintain balance in challenging environments ahead of industrial or service-oriented applications.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Additional experiments showed that certain signals from the cells’ environment — including one molecule called KIT ligand, which promotes cell growth — helped determine which way the cells went, the release stated.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
In research, the new Clinical Trial Unit Balgrist accelerates clinical experiments by supporting physician scientists.
—Prof. Dr. Med. Mazda Farshad, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for experiments
tests
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Nweeia eventually connected the dots between the Inuit’s observation and his own research, field tests, and scientific theories.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The researchers then drew a statistical connection between the timing of the flashes with the dates of above-ground nuclear weapons tests and anecdotal reports of UFOs.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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