experimental group
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of experimental group
First recorded in 1845–50
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They are based on a collaboration going back some 20 years between the experimental group of Akira Furusawa in Japan and the theoretical team of Peter van Loock in Germany.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2024
Participants in the experimental group underwent the procedure for 30 minutes daily for six weeks during the study’s first phase.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 13, 2023
Her big break came in 1964, when the director Mr. Brook brought her into an experimental group he was assembling for the recently formed Royal Shakespeare Company.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
And in mentor self-assessment, the experimental group members were twice as likely to report that their racial identity matters to their mentoring relationships, compared with the control group.
From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2023
He was one of the most brilliant geneticists of Earth, and came to Mars with an experimental group that was to try to develop a human type that could live more comfortably under Martian conditions.
From Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles Louis Fontenay
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