experiments
Controlled scientific trials
Experiments are tests or trials designed to discover something unknown, demonstrate something known, or examine a hypothesis.
Scientists conduct experiments to gather empirical evidence, but the word extends beyond labs: I've been experimenting with different recipes.
The verb experiment means to carry out such tests, often implying a willingness to try new approaches.
The band experimented with electronic sounds on their latest album.
An experimental treatment or method is one still being tested rather than established.
Testable proposed explanation
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- controlsOperates or regulates
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
data · analysis · empirical · observation · measurement · validation · verification · falsifiable
Open-mouthed laboratory vessels
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- pipetteGraduated liquid transfer tube
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
reagents · flask · specimen · cultures · glassware · sterile · bioreactor · titration
Effort to accomplish
- testEvaluative examination
- tryMake an effort
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- proof-of-conceptFeasibility demonstration
dry-run · beta · preliminary · exploratory · tentative · provisional
Deliberate learning effort
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- academiaHigher education community
- publicationIssued written material
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
grant · fieldwork · citations · journals · conferences · ethics · longitudinal · cross-sectional
Sudden important advance
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
finding · unearthing · detection · anomaly
Showing imaginative skill
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- exploratorySeeking to discover
- improvisationalWithout prior preparation
mixed-media · boundary-pushing · innovative · unorthodox · risk-taking · playful · iterative · open-ended
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- controlsOperates or regulates
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
methodology · data · analysis · empirical · observation · measurement · validation · verification · falsifiable · statistical
beakers
Open-mouthed laboratory vessels
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- pipetteGraduated liquid transfer tube
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
incubator · reagents · flask · specimen · cultures · glassware · sterile · bioreactor · titration · chromatography
attempt
Effort to accomplish
proof-of-concept · dry-run · beta · preliminary · exploratory · tentative · provisional
study
Deliberate learning effort
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- academiaHigher education community
- publicationIssued written material
funding · grant · fieldwork · citations · journals · conferences · ethics · longitudinal · cross-sectional · scholarship
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
revelation · finding · unearthing · detection · anomaly
artistic
Showing imaginative skill
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- exploratorySeeking to discover
improvisational · mixed-media · boundary-pushing · innovative · unorthodox · risk-taking · playful · iterative · open-ended · prototyping
- problem-solvingproblem solving, puzzles, riddles, logic, solutions
- sciencebiology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, geology
- STEMscience, engineering, mathematics, math, technology
- schoolworkhomework, assignment, assignments, reading, essays
- Laboratoriesflasks, lab notebook, beakers, science lab, lab technician
- labslab, laboratory, beakers, test tubes, microscope
experimentsassumptions
Unproven things taken as true
dogma · blind faith · articles of faith · presumptions · speculation
experimentsabstentions
Formal refusals to vote
abstaining · inaction · passivity · doing nothing · refraining
experimentsstandard practices
Established typical procedures
conventions · traditions · orthodoxy · routine · standard practice
- science experimentMethodical investigation testing hypotheses
- experimental artInnovative, non-traditional creative work
- experimental stagePeriod of initial testing
- social experimentStaged scenario studying reactions
- experimental methodControlled testing for knowledge
- experimental treatmentUnproven medical procedure being tested
experiment, experimental, experimented, experimenting, experimentation, experimenter, experimentally, experimenters, experimentalist