control experiment

control experiment
noun
an experiment designed to control for variables affecting the results of another experiment
Hypernyms: ↑experiment, ↑experimentation

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noun
: an experiment for checking the results of other experiments by maintaining the same conditions except in some one particular and thus inferring the causal significance of this varied factor — compare blank determination, controlled experiment

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an experiment in which the variables are controlled so that the effects of varying one factor at a time may be observed.
[1870-75]

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control experiment,
an experiment to test or verify the results of another experiment. The method duplicates the experiment in every way except for changing one condition or variable to determine the effect of the change.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • control experiment — experiment in which the variables are controlled so that the result of varying one factor at a time may be observed …   English contemporary dictionary

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