Experiment
Experiment
#463. Experiment. -- N. experiment; essay &c. (attempt) 675; analysis
&c. (investigation) 461; screen; trial, tentative method, tatonnement.
- verification, probation, experimentum crucis[Lat], proof,
(demonstration) 478; criterion, diagnostic, test, probe, crucial test, acid
test, litmus test.
- crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix[obs]; assay, ordeal; ring;
litmus paper, curcuma paper[obs], turmeric paper; test tube; analytical
instruments &c. 633.
- empiricism, rule of thumb.
- feeler; trial balloon, pilot balloon, messenger balloon; pilot engine;
scout; straw to show the wind.
- speculation, random shot, leap in the dark.
- analyzer, analyst, assayist[obs]; adventurer; experimenter,
experimentist[obs], experimentalist; scientist, engineer, technician.
- subject, experimentee[obs], guinea pig, experimental animal.
- [experimental method] protocol, experimental method, blind experiment,
double-blind experiment, controlled experiment.
- poll, survey, opinion poll.
- epidemiological survey[Med], retrospective analysis, retrospective
survey, prospective survey, prospective analysis; statistical analysis.
- literature search, library research.
- tryout, audition.
- [results of experiment] discovery &c. 480; measurement &c. 466;
evidence &c. 467.
- [reasoning about an experiment] deduction, induction, abduction.
- V. experiment; essay &c. (endeavor) 675; try, try out, assay; make an
experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to
trial; experiment upon; rehearse; put to the test, bring to the test,
submit to the test, submit to the proof; prove, verify, test, touch,
practice upon, try one's strength; road-test, test drive, take for a spin;
test fly.
- grope; feel one's way, grope for one's way; fumble, tatonner, aller
a tatons[Fr], put out a feeler, throw out a feeler; send up a trial balloon,
send up a pilot balloon; see how the land lies, get the lay of the land,
test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, check, check
out[coll.], see how the wind blows; consult the barometer; feel the pulse;
fish for, bob for; cast for, beat about for; angle, trawl, cast one's net,
beat the bushes.
- try one's fortune &c. (adventure) 675; explore &c. (inquire) 461.
- Adj. experimental, empirical.
- probative, probatory[obs], probationary, provisional; analytic,
docimastic[obs]; tentative;unverified, unproven, speculative, untested.
- Adv. on trial, under examination, on probation, under probation, on
one's trial, on approval.
- Phr. check it out, give it a try, see how it goes; "Run it up the
flagpole and see who salutes."