control
[ kuhn-trohl ]
/ kənˈtroʊl /
verb (used with object), con·trolled, con·trol·ling.
noun
Verb Phrases
control for, Statistics. to account for (variables in an analysis) by limiting the data under consideration to a comparison of like things: to control for demographic factors.
SYNONYMS FOR control
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Origin of control
synonym study for control
6. See authority.
OTHER WORDS FROM control
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Example sentences from the Web for control
Yes; over-controlling the stick, I was thinking of an airplane.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyShe didn't use "over-controlling" but put it in some other way.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyHe was having trouble operating the clutch, and over-controlling the stick, or the steering wheel.
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British Dictionary definitions for control
control
/ (kənˈtrəʊl) /
verb -trols, -trolling or -trolled (tr)
noun
Derived forms of control
controllable, adjectivecontrollability or controllableness, nouncontrollably, adverbWord Origin for control
C15: from Old French conteroller to regulate, from contrerolle duplicate register, system of checking, from contre- counter- + rolle roll
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Medical definitions for control
control
[ kən-trōl′ ]
v.
To verify or regulate a scientific experiment by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard.
To hold in restraint; check.
n.
A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment.
An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment.
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Scientific definitions for control
control
[ kən-trōl′ ]
A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.
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Idioms and Phrases with control
control
see out of control; spin control.
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