experimentations
Systematic trial processes
Experimentations is the plural of experimentation—the process of conducting experiments or trying new approaches.
The word emphasizes multiple instances or types of testing: Her experimentations with different painting techniques led to a distinctive style.
In scientific contexts, it suggests systematic trials; in creative or personal contexts, it implies exploration and openness to discovery.
Formal legal proceedings
- hypothesesProposed explanations to test
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- controlsOperates or regulates
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
research · methodology · data · observations · reproducibility · protocols · specimens · analysis
Innovative cultural pioneers
- innovationCreating something original
- mixed mediaArt combining diverse materials
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
boundary-pushing · creative process · exploration · abstraction · fusion · installation · conceptual · genre-bending
Learning one's true character
- trial and errorLearning through repeated attempts
- lifestyle changesAltered daily habits
- boundariesLines marking separation
- identityWho someone is
growth · exploration · phases · reinvention · questioning · journey · transformation · choices
Corrective institutional changes
- communal livingShared domestic arrangement
- alternative lifestylesUnconventional ways of living
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
- communesShared-living communities
progressive · initiatives · grassroots · movements · counterculture · cooperative · kibbutz · social engineering
Dishes blending culinary traditions
- molecular gastronomyScientific study of cooking
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- techniquesSkilled ways of doing
- ingredientsParts of a mixture
recipes · pairings · infusions · plating · textures · umami · sous vide · foraging
trials
Formal legal proceedings
- hypothesesProposed explanations to test
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- controlsOperates or regulates
laboratory · research · methodology · data · observations · reproducibility · protocols · specimens · analysis · testing
avant-garde
Innovative cultural pioneers
- innovationCreating something original
- mixed mediaArt combining diverse materials
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
unconventional · boundary-pushing · creative process · exploration · abstraction · fusion · installation · conceptual · genre-bending · multimedia
self-discovery
Learning one's true character
- trial and errorLearning through repeated attempts
- lifestyle changesAltered daily habits
- boundariesLines marking separation
identity · growth · exploration · phases · reinvention · questioning · journey · transformation · choices · alternatives
reforms
Corrective institutional changes
- communal livingShared domestic arrangement
- alternative lifestylesUnconventional ways of living
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
communes · progressive · initiatives · grassroots · movements · counterculture · cooperative · kibbutz · social engineering · activism
fusion cuisine
Dishes blending culinary traditions
- molecular gastronomyScientific study of cooking
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- techniquesSkilled ways of doing
ingredients · recipes · pairings · infusions · plating · textures · umami · sous vide · foraging · spices
experimentationscertainties
Assured truths
received wisdom · conventions · orthodoxies · givens · axioms
experimentationsstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
inaction · conservatism · risk aversion · playing it safe · traditionalism
- animal experimentationScientific trials using fauna
- scientific experimentationSystematic testing of hypotheses
- medical experimentationTesting treatments on subjects
- artistic experimentationTesting novel aesthetic methods