as in test
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment in which he flew a kite in a thunderstorm to see if lightning and electricity were identical
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Most interplanetary life-detection experiments have involved looking for chemical tracers—biosignatures—that otherworldly microbes might create in their environments as a by-product of their metabolism.
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
These fanciful thought experiments have inspired new algorithms and helped researchers map the landscape of computation.
—Ben Brubaker, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2025
The experiment tackled critical scientific and operational objectives in multiple areas:
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—Anastasia Stepanova, Space.com, 2 Feb. 2025
And if the Luka-LeBron experiment fails? LeBron still wins.
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
These fanciful thought experiments have inspired new algorithms and helped researchers map the landscape of computation.
—Ben Brubaker, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2025
The experiment tackled critical scientific and operational objectives in multiple areas:
1.
—Anastasia Stepanova, Space.com, 2 Feb. 2025
And if the Luka-LeBron experiment fails? LeBron still wins.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Experiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experiment. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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