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control experiment (plural control experiments)Category:English lemmas#CONTROLEXPERIMENTCategory:English nouns#CONTROLEXPERIMENTCategory:English countable nouns#CONTROLEXPERIMENTCategory:English multiword terms#CONTROLEXPERIMENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONTROLEXPERIMENTCategory:Pages with entries#CONTROL%20EXPERIMENTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CONTROL%20EXPERIMENT

1. A parallel experiment designed to replicate the main experiment in every way, except in respect of the one variable that is being tested, so as isolate the effect of that variable; for example, an experiment in which subjects are given a placebo instead of an active drug, intended to check that any observed benefits of the drug derive from the drug itself and not from other factors involved in its administration.