🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

experimento de control

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ekspeɾiˈmento ðe konˈtɾol

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Control Experiment/kənˈtroʊl ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El experimento de control fue crucial para validar los hallazgos."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An experiment that is conducted to ensure that the results of another experiment are valid by isolating the effects of the independent variable.

    "In the study on plant growth, the researchers set up a control experiment to compare the effects of sunlight on one group of plants against those kept in the dark."
  2. 2

    A standard against which other conditions can be compared in an experiment.

    "The control experiment provided a baseline that allowed scientists to measure the impact of the new fertilizer."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'control experiment' derives from the Latin 'controlare', meaning 'to check or verify', combined with 'experiment', which comes from the Latin 'experimentum', meaning 'trial or test'. The phrase has evolved in scientific contexts to refer specifically to experiments designed to minimize the effects of variables other than the independent variable.

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