Alternative form of gedankenexperiment

(physics, philosophy) An attempt to solve a problem using the power of human imagination.

The process of inflating the middle ear by closing the mouth and nostrils, and blowing so as to puff out the cheeks.

An experiment where an infant is isolated from the normal use of language in an attempt to discover the fundamental character of human nature or the origin of language.

(US) Prohibition

An experiment in which all combinations of multiple parameters or variables are each tested

In the field of human-computer interaction, a research experiment in which subjects interact with a computer system that they believe to be autonomous, but which is actually being operated by an unseen human being.

(physics, historical) An attempt in 1887 to detect the existence of the luminiferous aether by comparing the speed of light in perpendicular directions.

(physics) Any of various spectroscopic tests of the isotropy of mass and space, originally to test Mach's principle and now understood to be important tests of Lorentz invariance.

A chemical reaction in which an aqueous solution containing glucose, sodium hydroxide and methylene blue turns from colourless to blue upon shaking and then loses its colour after a while. With further shaking, the cycle can be repeated several times.