initial experiment

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandexperiment

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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experiment
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪkˈsper.ɪ.mənt/us
/ɪkˈsper.ə.mənt/
a test done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or ...
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(Definition ofinitialandexperimentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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No significant difference was seen at the 1-2 % drop in theinitialexperiment.
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Aninitialexperimentwas carried out treating the top 30 documents as relevant and using a vector-space retrieval function.
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This is theinitialexperiment, the initial stage.
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This is aninitialexperimentwith a decentralised asylum-related programme.
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Theinitialexperimentwas successful and webcasting is now established, and it is expanding.
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Which cities are to be the subject of theinitialexperiment?
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They confirmed the null result of theinitialexperiment.
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The results were consistent with theinitialexperiment.
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It was aninitialexperimentbut it went quite well.
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There was a straightforward reason for it, and that was that four months was the maximum which the law allowed for aninitialexperimentupon ordinary roads.
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She is unaffected by theinitialexperiment, and loses her fear of drugs as she continues to smoke.
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After theinitialexperiment, 55 cats produced usable results with an average of 37 hours of footage per cat.
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In aninitialexperiment, participants rated another person on the introversionextroversion personality dimension on the basis of an interview.
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Aninitialexperimentinto more discreet methods of signing waiting restrictions, including both reliance on notices only and use of less conspicuous lines, is in progress in a conservation area.
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Hisinitialexperiment, a cup with chlorine weighted with rocks and installed in the toilet tank, worked well at keeping his toilet clean for months.
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The committee felt that 640 acres would be a goodinitialexperimentsize, and the act could be amended in the future if more land were needed.
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