ikˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_mən.tāshən, (ˌ)ek-, -ˌmen.- noun
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1. : the act, process, or practice of making experiments
a tendency among lay critics to confine experimentation to scientists in the laboratory — John Dewey
2. : an instance of experimentation : experiment
an outgrowth and culmination of numerous experimentations and inventions — William Chomsky