filler item
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffilleranditem
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filler
noun
uk/ˈfɪl.ər/us/ˈfɪl.ɚ/
a substance that is used to fill small holes and cracks, especially in wood ...
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item
noun[C]
uk/ˈaɪ.təm/us/ˈaɪ.t̬əm/
something that is part of a list or group ...
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(Definition offilleranditemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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More importantly, in all these experiments one interveningfilleritemwas introduced between primes and targets to preclude lexical and discourse influences between them.
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One high-frequency word that was used as afilleritem(ambulance) elicited naming errors and was thus included in the scoring.
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The proportion of eye movements to competitor items was compared to the proportion of eye movements to a noncompetingfilleritemin the same position.
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In addition, 96 monosyllable words containing either a word-final \\t\\ or \\d\\ were presented as filler items.
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We also had 32 filler items such as quench, rhythm, and choir.
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Twelve of the pictures were filler items representing the following categories : grapes, hamburger, horse, tree, dinosaur, truck, fork, plane, bike, toothbrush, keys, and fish.
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It contained the same items at all three sessions, except for the filler items.
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No correction of the spelling responses was provided for the experimental and filler items.
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A large number of filler items were also written.
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For the filler items a variety of nouns and adjectives were probed.
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The remaining 12 pictures served as filler items and were perceptually dissimilar to the test objects.
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The critical and filler items in the elicitation task were also pseudo-randomized for presentation.
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The experimental phase included three filler items in addition to the 12 experimental items.
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Thus, 108 items were filler items (67 word fillers, 41 nonword fillers).
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In addition, there were 108 filler items that consisted of 67 words and 41 nonwords.
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Apart from the filler items incorporated in the 16 sets of critical items described above, 88 additional filler items were constructed.
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A large number of filler items were also written, some of which constituted a subexperiment (not reported here).
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All children saw the same 12 filler items.
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