experimentation

[ ik-sper-uh-men-tey-shuhn, -muhn- ]

noun

1. the act, process, practice, or an instance of making experiments.

experimentation

/ ɪkˌspɛrɪmɛnˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act, process, or practice of experimenting

Other Words From

• ex·per·i·men·ta·tive [ik-sper-, uh, -, men, -t, uh, -tiv], adjective
• proex·peri·men·tation adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of experimentation¹

First recorded in 1665–75; experiment + -ation

Example Sentences

There’s also an energy that feels less rooted in tradition than in moving toward openness and experimentation.

From Los Angeles Times

Part 2, “Painter-God,” is the more satisfying, zeroing in on the experimentation that drove his unique art and engineering, which fantasized flying machines, weapons of war and designs for urban infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times

All of them believe they were lab rats, subjected to live human experimentation as the British raced to join the USA and Russia as a nuclear power.

From BBC

"While this work has not led to a perfect Kitaev material, it has demonstrated a useful bridge between theory in this field and experimentation, and opened up fruitful new areas for research," added Dr Clark.

From Science Daily

As Girl Ultra’s home base, it’s the space where the 28-year-old first settled into her slew of new age sounds and continues to scratch her itch for experimentation.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• experiment
• testing
• trial and error