by experimentation

1. 1.

   in an experimental fashion

   “this can be experimentally determined”

   Synonymsexperimentallythrough an experiment

Questions about by experimentation

What does by experimentation mean?

by experimentation means "in an experimental fashion".

What is another word for by experimentation?

Close synonyms include experimentally, through an experiment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is by experimentation a common word?

by experimentation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.