control experiment

noun

1. an experiment in which the variables are controlled so that the effects of varying one factor at a time may be observed.

control experiment

noun

1. an experiment designed to check or correct the results of another experiment by removing the variable or variables operating in that other experiment. The comparison obtained is an indication or measurement of the effect of the variables concerned

Word History and Origins

Origin of control experiment¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

This control experiment did not result in phantom touch suggesting that phantom touch illusion was unique to virtual touch.

From Science Daily

Dr. Kohda emphasized the need for more control experiments to rule out other possibilities.

From New York Times

“It was an incredibly powerful control experiment for something that wasn’t really on many people’s radar at the time,” he says.

From Scientific American

Instead, researchers proved the connection through a randomized control experiment, with the judges of Ireland their unwitting test subjects.

From Washington Post

Mokri constructs his film like a control experiment, tweaking each of its variables — time, space, narrative — as if to see what he might catalyze.

From New York Times