1
[ noun ] the testing of an idea

Synonyms

experiment

Examples

"it was an experiment in living" "not all experimentation is done in laboratories"

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

How right he was ; how clearly he saw the cultural defection of experimentation as an escape for those who dare not or prefer not to face the discipline of modern traditionalism .

Prokofieff never forsakes his medium for the cause of experimentation per_se .

At this date , it seems probable that the name of Serge_Prokofieff will appear in the archives of History , as an effective Traditionalist , who was fully aware of the lure and danger of experimentation , and used it as it served his purpose ; yet was never caught_up in it - never a slave to its academic dialectics .

Certainly , it is the traditional clarity of his music which has endeared him to the Western World - not his experimentations .

2
[ noun ] the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation

Synonyms

experiment

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Since the apparatus is new , it requires experimentation and changes in technique .

(E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)

These are few and seemingly disjointed data , but they illustrate the important fact that fundamental alterations in conditioned_reactions occur in a variety of states in which the hypothalamic balance has been altered by physiological experimentation , pharmacological action , or clinical processes .

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