control experiment
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n.
An experiment that isolates the effect of one variable on a system by holding constant all variables but the one under observation.
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n.
An experiment that isolates the effect of one variable on a system by holding constant all variables but the one under observation.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
an experiment designed to control for variables affecting the results of another experiment
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