Philadelphia Definition–noun | a city in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River: Declaration of Independence signed here July 4, 1776. 1,688,210. | |
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Experiment Definition–noun | 1. | a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.: a chemical experiment; a teaching exp
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eriment; an experiment in living. | | 2. | the conducting of such operations; experimentation: a product that is the result of long experiment. | –verb (used without object) | 4. | to try or test, esp. in order to discover or prove something: to experiment with a new procedure. | |
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