prove+by+experiment
21prove — pruËv v. substantiate with evidence; demonstrate, show clearly; investigate, analyze; experiment, test …
22prove — I. v. a. 1. Demonstrate, show, manifest, confirm, establish, evidence, evince, substantiate, ascertain, justify, verify, make good. 2. Try, test, examine, make trial of, assay, put to the test, experiment upon, submit to the test or proof. 3.… …
23An Experiment in Criticism — is a 1961 book by C. S. Lewis in which he proposes that the quality of books should be measured not by how they are written, but by how they are read. To do this, the author describes two kinds of readers. One is what he calls the unliterary ,… …
24Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment — The Avery MacLeod McCarty experiment was an experimental demonstration, reported in 1944 by Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty, that DNA is the substance that causes bacterial transformation. It was the culmination of research in the …
25Hafele–Keating experiment — The Hafele–Keating experiment was a test of the theory of relativity. In October of 1971, J. C. Hafele and Richard E. Keating took four caesium beam atomic clocks aboard commercial airliners and flew twice around the world, first eastward, then… …
26Long-term experiment — Several agricultural field experiments have run for more than 100 years, but much shorter experiments may qualify as long term in other disciplines. An experiment is a set of actions and observations , implying that one or more treatments… …
27Bedford Level experiment — The Bedford Level Experiment was a series of observations carried out along a six mile length of the Old Bedford River on the Bedford Level, Norfolk, England, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was an attempt to demonstrate… …
28The Steam Experiment — is an upcoming indie suspense thriller directed by Philippe Martinez and starring Val Kilmer, Armand Assante, and Eric Roberts.PlotA deranged scientist traps six people in an urban Turkish bathhouse and slowly turns up the heat to prove his… …
29dis|prove — «dihs PROOV», transitive verb, proved, prov|ing. to prove false or incorrect; refute: »Experiment has disproved the old idea that heavy objects fall faster than lighter objects. A witness disproved the defendant s statements. SYNONYM(S): rebut,… …
30try — I. v. a. 1. Examine, test, prove, make experiment of, make trial of, put to the test, put to proof, prove by experiment. 2. Experience, have knowledge of (by trial). 3. Attempt, essay. 4. (Law.) Hear, examine judicially, adjudicate, adjudge. 5.… …
