actual experiment

collocation in English

meaningsofactualandexperiment

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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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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 ofactualandexperimentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofactual experiment

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Theactualexperimenthas been conducted over a very smooth but slippery vinyl floor.
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For simplicity, the background, which was black in theactualexperiment, is shown as white.
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They were familiarized with the task before proceeding with theactualexperiment.
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The test spheres used in the practice trials had diffuse reflectances different from those used in theactualexperiment.
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Before theactualexperimentwas conducted, the enumerator carefully explained each of the attributes in the choice experiment.
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Without some response indicator, it is impossible for anyactualexperimentto measure any actual effect of conditioning.
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Is this for theactualexperiment?
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That was a very great advance inactualexperiment.
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For each simulation, parameter values were estimated from 600 data points (in comparison to 830 data points for theactualexperiment).
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He said that they had learned more by theactualexperimentthan they have learned by years of speculation.
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It is designed merely to prohibit the performance of anyactualexperimentwhich would give pain or disease to dogs for any purpose whatsoever.
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It has been a subject of debate long enough and it is time that we got the facts byactualexperiment.
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Ghote asks whether she anticipated her results before completing theactualexperiment.
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Such field errors are unavoidable in anyactualexperiment, and limit the plasma confinement time.
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Wragge was not there to see theactualexperiment, having left town after an argument with the local council.
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However, for several possible reasons, such as lack of feasibility due to costs, theactualexperimentis not performed.
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In theactualexperimentthe interferometers are arranged so that part of their paths overlap as shown in the diagram.
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Theactualexperimentis then set up in the laboratory and the results obtained are quantified and analyzed.
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They have selected even a smaller number for theactualexperiment; some they cut out because the opposition was absolutely overwhelming, or because nobody was in favour of it.
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Secondly, is it not true that until anactualexperimenthas been carried out, no amount of research either way can indicate for certain what would be the result?
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I used the example of the horse not because it was anactualexperiment, but as an illustration of the stupidity of some of the experiments that take place.
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