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noun ADJ. animal protesting against animal experiments | field, laboratory | educational, medical, psychological, scientific | practical | thought His efforts involved thought experiments and analogies, rather than detailed experimentation. | simple | brief | careful, control (science), controlled | interesting | ingenious | pioneering | bold the country's bold experiment with economic reform | successful, unsuccessful | pilot, preliminary | further Further experiments will be carried out to verify this result. | celebrated, classic/classical, famous, well-known Pavlov's famous experiment with the dog and the dinner bell | unique Brazil's unique experiment with alcohol-fuelled cars VERB + EXPERIMENT carry out, conduct, do, perform | try The school decided to try an experiment in single-sex teaching. | design | set up | describe, report a classic experiment reported in 1964 EXPERIMENT + VERB confirm sth, demonstrate sth, find sth, illustrate sth, prove sth, show sth | indicate sth, suggest sth | be aimed at sth, be designed to do sth an experiment aimed at cutting road deaths resulting from excessive speeding | involve sth, use sth | be successful, work If the conditions are not right, the experiment will not work. | fail PREP. by ~ The appropriate concentration of the drug is best determined by experiment. | during an/the ~ The animals seemed healthy during the experiment. | in an/the ~ In these experiments, chilling is necessary. | ~ in the country's brief experiment in multi-party democracy | ~ on The team carried out experiments on cancer tissue. | ~ with conducting an experiment with zinc chips and hydrochloric acid, verb ADV. successfully VERB + EXPERIMENT begin to | continue to PREP. on They experimented successfully on the plants to discover disease-resistant varieties. | with We have experimented with various different designs of kite.
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verbs
do/carry out an experiment
• They carried out a series of experiments to test the theory. • He did some experiments with bats.
perform/conduct an experiment
formal (= do an experiment )
• The laboratory began conducting experiments on rats.
an experiment shows/proves/demonstrates something
• His experiment showed that lightning was a kind of electricity. • The experiment proved that fabrics treated with the chemical are much less likely to catch fire.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + experiment
a scientific experiment
• Astronauts performed scientific experiments during the flight.
animal experiments
(= experiments using animals )
• I think most animal experiments are cruel and unnecessary.
a laboratory experiment
(= one that takes place in a laboratory )
• They did a series of laboratory experiments on human sleep patterns in the 1960s.
a field experiment
(= one that takes place in the real world, not in a laboratory )
• In field experiments, we used patients who did not know that it was a test situation.
a controlled experiment
(= one that is done using correct scientific methods )
• The theory has not yet been tested by a properly controlled experiment.
a practical experiment
(= one that relates to real situations or events, not scientific theories )
• The research team compiled a set of practical experiments in Modern Astronomy.
phrases
an experiment to test/measure/find out something
• We did an experiment to test the acidity of the soil.
COMMON ERRORS
>>> Do not say ' make an experiment '. Say carry out an experiment or do an experiement .
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adjectives
a bold experiment
(= one that tries to achieve a lot and takes risks )
• The country's bold experiment with economic reform has not paid off yet.
a unique experiment
(= one that has not been done before )
• Congestion charging is a unique experiment that other UK cities are watching with interest.
a democratic/socialist/communist experiment
(= one in which a country tries a new political system )
• He went to Havana to judge for himself the success or failure of the socialist experiment.
a social experiment
(= one in which people try a new way of living and organizing society )
• The community started out as a social experiment.
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