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Tests Theory

This dimension names the scientific theory that a specific experiment was actually designed to test. Wikipedia notes that an experiment is "a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried." Browsing this way collects every experiment that tested the same theory.

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1350 1
Tests Theory
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1. Online Etymology Dictionary: experiment
Online Etymology DictionaryOnline Etymology Dictionary, experiment entry, noun sense
Quote, Online Etymology Dictionary, experiment entry, noun sense
mid-14c., "action of observing or testing; an observation, test, or trial"
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