Word Study
experimentation
CIDE DICTIONARY
experimentation, n.
The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
experimentation
R and D, control, control experiment, controlled experiment, cut and try, empiricism, experiment, experimental design, experimental method, experimental proof, experimentalism, hit and miss, noble experiment, pragmatism, research and development, rule of thumb, tentative method, tentativeness, test, testing, trial, trial and error, trial run, tryingFor further exploring for "experimentation" in Webster Dictionary Online