experimentation

[ ik-sper-uh-men-tey-shuh n, -muh n- ]

/ ɪkˌspɛr ə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -mən- /

the act, process, practice, or an instance of making experiments.

Origin of experimentation

First recorded in 1665–75; experiment + -ation

ex·per·i·men·ta·tive

[ik-sper-uh-men-tuh-tiv] /ɪkˌspɛr əˈmɛn tə tɪv/, adjective pro·ex·per·i·men·ta·tion, adjective

Experimentation eventually led to the right taste and amount of frozen firmness.

First Cronuts, Now Sundaes in a Can |Tim Teeman |August 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But Millennials plainly have a spirit of innovation and experimentation that is stymied by centralized government.

To Win Millennials, the GOP Needs to Embrace Its Inner Libertarian |Nick Gillespie |June 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Brown told the audience that the key to good design was experimentation and learning from mistakes.

Bill Clinton Opens His CGI Summit by Stressing the Urgency of His Mission |David Freedlander |September 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Each project is somehow an experimentation of a specific context or a character.

Hedi Slimane Interview: ‘California Song’ at MOCA Los Angeles (PHOTOS) |Isabel Wilkinson |January 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

And, sure enough, the experimentation of my youth settled down into my own sense of modesty in my 40s.

Playboy's Muslim Cover Girl: Is Sila Sahin Good for Women? |Asra Q. Nomani |May 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The elder woman and the younger went down the terrace through a little copse to her ladyship's own area of experimentation.

The Convert |Elizabeth Robins
It will be easy to understand why the first days of experimentation caused intense headaches, which later never occurred.

Clever Hans |Oskar Pfungst
They are finding out things by experimentation or thought; by induction or deduction.

A Librarian's Open Shelf |Arthur E. Bostwick
No successful American automobile motor was ever put in production in anything under a year of trial and experimentation.

America's Munitions 1917-1918 |Benedict Crowell
The third factor--better homes for our people--has also been the subject of experimentation and study.

State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt |Franklin D. Roosevelt

experimentation

/ (ɪkˌspɛrɪmɛnˈteɪʃən) /

the act, process, or practice of experimenting