experimenter

/eks'perimentə/

Thân thiện

The experimenter carefully observes the chemical reaction in the beaker.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who enjoys testing innovative ideas: An individual who takes pleasure in trying out new, creative, or unproven concepts, often to see what results they produce.
   • A research worker who conducts experiments: A person, typically a scientist or researcher, whose work involves designing, performing, and analyzing controlled tests to discover or verify scientific facts and principles.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • As an experimenter in the kitchen, she loves combining unusual flavors.
  • The experimenter carefully recorded the data from each trial of the physics test.

Advanced Usage

• The Experimenter Effect: A bias that occurs when a researcher's expectations or behavior unconsciously influence the results of an experiment.
  • The study was designed to minimize the experimenter effect through double-blind procedures.

Variants and Related Words

• Experiment (n/v): The test itself or the act of conducting a test.
  • The experiment yielded surprising results.
• Experimental (adj): Relating to or based on experiment.
  • The treatment is still in the experimental phase.
• Experimentalism (n): A philosophical or artistic commitment to experimentation as a method.

Synonyms

• Researcher: A person who conducts systematic investigation.
• Tester: One who assesses the qualities or performance of something.
• Innovator: A person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products.

Related Phrases

• To be an experimenter at heart: To have a natural inclination to try new things.
  • He's an experimenter at heart, always tinkering with new software.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas
   • she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry
2. a research worker who conducts experiments