experimentation
nounUK /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ɪ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/ · US /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum), "attempt". Morphologically experiment + -ation.
1
The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
- When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.2023 March 21, Zoe Williams, “The orgasm gap – and how to close it: ‘Don’t equate sex and penetration’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023:
2
Sciences A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.
- As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.2012 January 23, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2013, page 31:
- Derived terms
- animal experimentation, experimentational, self-experimentation, sexperimentation