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  1. experiments

    An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated. Experiments vary greatly in goal and scale but always rely on repeatable procedure and logical analysis of the results. There also exist natural experimental studies. A child may carry out basic experiments to understand how things fall to the ground, while teams of scientists may take years of systematic investigation to advance their understanding of a phenomenon. Experiments and other types of hands-on activities are very important to student learning in the science classroom. Experiments can raise test scores and help a student become more engaged and interested in the material they are learning, especially when used over time. Experiments can vary from personal and informal natural comparisons (e.g. tasting a range of chocolates to find a favorite), to highly controlled (e.g. tests requiring complex apparatus overseen by many scientists that hope to discover information about subatomic particles). Uses of experiments vary considerably between the natural and human sciences. Experiments typically include controls, which are designed to minimize the effects of variables other than the single independent variable. This increases the reliability of the results, often through a comparison between control measurements and the other measurements. Scientific controls are a part of the scientific method. Ideally, all variables in an experiment are controlled (accounted for by the control measurements) and none are uncontrolled. In such an experiment, if all controls work as expected, it is possible to conclude that the experiment works as intended, and that results are due to the effect of the tested variables.

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  1. experiments

    The trials or applications of any kind of military machines in order to ascertain their practical qualities and uses.

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    Rank popularity for the word 'experiments' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3295

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of experiments in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of experiments in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of experiments in a Sentence

  1. Albert Camus:

    You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

  2. Sucharita Kodali:

    All kinds of established beauty companies have made forays into various technology investments, for now, they are experiments. That's just all they are. Nothing is a prevailing means of buying or selling.

  3. Jay Hauser:

    If we find something that looks like it could be dark matter at the LHC, we would try to measure as much as we can about it … and hopefully get hints of how to detect it directly in other experiments.

  4. Paul McCartney:

    I'm looking for changes that will continue the momentum of getting animals out of laboratories, experiments on animals are unethical -- they're a colossal failure and a waste of time and money. We can and must do better.

  5. David Tal:

    Food-related technology like 3D food printers, robot chefs and fully automated fast food restaurants represent experiments or proof of concepts, there’s still about five to10 years worth of testing, federal regulation approvals and general cost reductions in robotics involved before this tech goes mainstream.

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