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| experiment |
a carefully planned test used to discover something unknown. [2 definitions] |
| experimental |
being an experiment or like an experiment. [1/2 definitions] |
| laboratory |
a place for science students to experiment, make observations, and practice scientific techniques, or a place equipped with special technology for various students to use as an aid to learning. [1/3 definitions] |
| perform |
When someone performs something, they do it. When a doctor performs an operation, it means that the doctor does an operation. If you perform an experiment, you do an experiment. When you perform something, you carry it out. [1/4 definitions] |
| result |
The results of your experiment, investigation, or search are the pieces of information you get at the end. The results are what you find out, and the results are what you are really interested in. [1/4 definitions] |
| subject |
a person or thing that is studied in an experiment. Subjects are often tested or measured. [1/11 definitions] |
| test1 |
A test is a way to find out what something is or what it is made up of. A test is an examination or an experiment. [1/3 definitions] |
| trial |
done by way of a trial or experiment. [1/5 definitions] |
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