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CONTROL EXPERIMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does control experiment mean?
• CONTROL EXPERIMENT (noun)
The noun CONTROL EXPERIMENT has 1 sense:
1. an experiment designed to control for variables affecting the results of another experiment
Familiarity information: CONTROL EXPERIMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An experiment designed to control for variables affecting the results of another experiment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("control experiment" is a kind of...):
experiment; experimentation (the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation)
Context examples
A group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment.
(Control group, NCI Thesaurus)
The process of washing the skin using a cleaning agent that functions as a standard of comparison in a control experiment.
(Control Cleansing, NCI Thesaurus)
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