animal
protesting against animal experiments

field, laboratory | educational, medical, psychological, scientific | practical | thought
His efforts involved thought experiments and analogies, rather than detailed experimentation.

simple | brief | careful, control
(science),

controlled | interesting | ingenious | pioneering | bold
the country''s bold experiment with economic reform

successful, unsuccessful | pilot, preliminary | further
Further experiments will be carried out to verify this result.

celebrated, classic/classical, famous, well-known
Pavlov''s famous experiment with the dog and the dinner bell

unique
Brazil''s unique experiment with alcohol-fuelled cars

carry out, conduct, do, perform | try
The school decided to try an experiment in single-sex teaching.

design | set up | describe, report
a classic experiment reported in 1964

confirm sth, demonstrate sth, find sth, illustrate sth, prove sth, show sth | indicate sth, suggest sth | be aimed at sth, be designed to do sth
an experiment aimed at cutting road deaths resulting from excessive speeding

involve sth, use sth | be successful, work
If the conditions are not right, the experiment will not work.

fail

by ~
The appropriate concentration of the drug is best determined by experiment.

during an/the ~
The animals seemed healthy during the experiment.

in an/the ~
In these experiments, chilling is necessary.

~ in
the country''s brief experiment in multi-party democracy

~ on
The team carried out experiments on cancer tissue.

~ with
conducting an experiment with zinc chips and hydrochloric acid

successfully

begin to | continue to

on
They experimented successfully on the plants to discover disease-resistant varieties.

with
We have experimented with various different designs of kite.