experiment: Meaning and Definition of

ex•per•i•ment

1. a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.: a chemical experiment; a teaching experiment; an experiment in living.
2. the conducting of such operations; experimentation: a product that is the result of long experiment.
3. experience.

1. to try or test, esp. in order to discover or prove something: to experiment with a new procedure.