novel object

collocation in English

meaningsofnovelandobject

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novel
adjective
uk
/ˈnɒv.əl/
us
/ˈnɑː.vəl/
new and original, not like anything ...
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object
noun
uk
/ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/
us
/ˈɑːb.dʒɪkt/
a thing that you can see or touch but that is not usually a living animal, plant, ...
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(Definition ofnovelandobjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnovel object

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In a second experimental phase, all children saw a bucket containing anovelobject, and two visible objects - one familiar and one novel.
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In this phase, all children were presented with a familiar visible object, a novel visible object, and a bucket containing anovelobject.
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Finally, on the fourth trial a variant on this secondnovelobjectwas presented along with the unlabelled novel distractor.
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On the third trial, the original, just-labelled item was presented along with a completelynovelobjectand two familiar objects.
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Table 3 shows the eight test objects and target names for eachnovelobject.
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The high intensity group spent less time in the novel arm and made fewer investigations of thenovelobject.
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In one experimental phase, the experimenter presented 40 two-year-olds a bucket containing anovelobject and another visible object - either familiar or novel.
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In the current studies, we pursued the investigation of the influence of exposure to phonologically similar words on preschoolers' acquisition ofnovelobjectwords.
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In this article, we report two experiments that investigated the influence of exposure to phonologically similar words on preschoolers' acquisition ofnovelobjectwords.
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We also found that, when first exposed to a novel label and anovelobject, the children were more accurate in production than in comprehension.
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The experimenter indicated whether a child's choice was correct, then repeated the novel name for thenovelobjectthree times.
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Each object in a pair was placed over a well, and only the well below thenovelobjectcontained a reinforcement taken.
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During the introduction phase, the examiner placed three objects on the table, among which were two familiar objects and onenovelobject.
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In this condition, the experimenter showed children pairs consisting of a visible familiar object and an opaque bucket containing anovelobject.
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In the first stage, the standardnovelobjectappeared on the top of the screen and participants were asked to click on it.
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Some children from each population were able to map a novel label to anovelobjecton the first visit.
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After hearing the story, children were taught a new label for anovelobject.
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