pre-experimentaladj.
/ˌpriːᵻkˌspɛrᵻˈmɛntl/, /ˌpriːɛkˌspɛrᵻˈmɛntl/, U.S. /ˌpriɪkˌspɛrəˈmɛn(t)l/, /ˌpriɛkˌspɛrəˈmɛn(t)l/ Existing or occurring before an experiment, or before the period of experimental science.
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superinfected1897
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superinfecting1918
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pretreated1925
micrurgical1927
bursectomized1928
ultrafilterable1928
microinjected1938
alloxanic1950
microinjecting1951
superfused1953
sterile-male1959
sham-operated1963
transfected1964
perifused1969
zeugmatographic1973
1917 J. Dewey in New Republic 3 Feb. 16/1 I do not know a case where the final result was anything like victory for one or another among the pre-experimental notions.
1948 Philos. Rev. 57 248 Older, pre-experimental theories of knowledge..regard the object of knowledge as capable of possessing existence antecedent to the procedures of inquiry.
1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 85 157 During the pre-experimental period Ss were housed in group cages.
1990 Behavioural Ecol. 1 64/2 Mean body mass increased above the preexperimental level for 10 of 11 experimental birds.
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ˌpre-experiˈmentally adv. before an experiment or experimentation.
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1965 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. 107 313 (title) Pre-experimentally acquired verbal responses during acquisition and subsequent use of experimentally acquired verbal responses in conceptual block sorting.
1994 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Nutrition 59 626 Pre-experimentally, 11 subjects regularly produced breath methane and 8 did not.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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