the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous"
a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition"
a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it"
a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"
(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
provide with strings; "string my guitar"
thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"
string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"
acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment"
a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come"
being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole"
developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"
incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible"