Word Meanings - EXPERIMENTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. J. S. Mill.

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• EXPERIMENTAL
  1. Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher. 2. Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion.
• EXPERIMENTIST
  An experimenter.
• PRACTICER
  1. One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts. South. 2. One who exercises a profession; a practitioner. 3. One who uses art or stratagem. B. Jonson.
• EXPERIMENTATOR
  An experimenter.
• EXPERIMENTER
  One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments. Faraday.
• PRACTICED
  1. Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." Ld. Lytton. 2. Used habitually; learned by practice.
• PRACTICE
  A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business. (more info) also, practique, LL. practica, fr. Gr. Practical, and cf. Pratique, 1. Frequently repeated or customary action;
• EXPERIMENTATION
  The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. J. S. Mill.
• EXPERIMENTALLY
  By experiment; by experience or trial. J. S. Mill.
• EXPERIMENT
  1. Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test,
• EXPERIMENTARIAN
  Relying on experiment or experience. "an experimentarian philosopher." Boyle. -- n.
• EXPERIMENTALIST
  One who makes experiments; an experimenter. Whaterly.
• EXPERIMENTALIZE
  To make experiments ; to experiment. J. S. Mill.
• EXPERIMENTATIVE
  Experimental; of the nature of experiment.
• MALPRACTICE
  Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
• MISPRACTICE
  Wrong practice.
• MALEPRACTICE
  See MALPRACTICE