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Home Dictionary Name: experimentationExperimental
Pertaining to experiment founded on or derived from experiment or trial as experimental science given to or skilled in experiment as an experimental philosopher...
experimentalism
an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles...
Experimentator
An experimenter...
Experimentation
The act of experimenting practice by experiment...
Paracelsus
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus originally Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim also called Theophrastus Paracelsus and Theophrastus von Hohenheim Born at Maria Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz Switzerland Dec 17 or 10 Nov 1493 died at Salzburg Sept 23 or 24 1541 A celebrated German Swiss physician reformer of therapeutics iatrochemist and alchemist He attended school in a small lead mining district where his father William Bombast von Hohenheim was a physician and teacher of alchemy The family originally came from Wuumlrtemberg where the noble family of Bombastus was in possession of the ancestral castle of Hohenheim near Stuttgart until 1409 He entered the University of Basel at the age of sixteen where he adopted the name Paracelsus after Celsius a noted Roman physician But he left without a degree first going to Wurtzburg to study under Joannes Trithemius Abbot of Sponheim 1462 1516 a famous astrologer and alchemist who initiated him into the mysteries of alchemy He then spent many...
Helium
An inert monoatomic gaseous element occurring in the atmosphere of the sun and stars and in small quantities in the earths atmosphere in several minerals and in certain mineral waters It is obtained from natural gas in industrial quantities Symbol He atomic number 2 at wt 40026 C12011 Helium was first detected spectroscopically in the sun by Lockyer in 1868 it was first prepared by Ramsay in 1895 Helium has a density of 198 compared with hydrogen and is more difficult to liquefy than the latter Chemically it is an inert noble gas belonging to the argon group and cannot be made to form compounds The helium nucleus is the charged particle which constitutes alpha rays and helium is therefore formed as a decomposition product of certain radioactive substances such as radium The normal helium nucleus has two protons and two neutrons but an isotope with only one neutron is also observed in atmospheric helium at an abundance of 0013 Liquid helium has a boiling point of 2689deg C at atmospheri...
Guinea pig
A small Brazilian rodent Cavia porcellus or Cavia cobaya about seven inches in length and usually of a white color with spots of orange and black Called also cavy It is the domesticated form of the wild cavy often kept as a pet and used commonly as an experimental animal in laboratory research...
Peirastic
Fitted for trial or test experimental tentative treating of attempts...
overlearn
To learn a fact or skill repetitively beyond the point where it can be immediately recalled in experimental psychology to continue to learn beyond the point where the criterion of adequate learning has been reached...
melatonin
A hormone secreted by the pineal gland Chemically it is N acety 5 methoxytryptamine Research has indicated that there are daily rhythms in secretion of melatonin in particular due to the depressing effect on melatonin production by light received by the retina Conversely it appears that melatonin may influence the circadian rhythms of animals There is some experimental evidence that administration of melatonin may increase the amount of sleep in people with sleep disorders However the evidence is not convincing and the effect is not profound Nevertheless the deregulation of melatonin and its availability over the counter has led to many people taking melatonin to help sleep without consulting a physician...
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