trial and error | experimenting until a solution is found |
function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
test trial run | the act of testing something, in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately, he called each flip of the coin a new trial |
clinical trial clinical test | a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects, in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use |
phase I clinical trial phase I | a clinical trial on a few persons to determine the safety of a new drug or invasive medical device, for drugs, dosage or toxicity limits should be obtained |
phase II clinical trial phase II | a clinical trial on more persons than in phase I, intended to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment for the condition it is intended to treat, possible side effects are monitored |
phase III clinical trial phase III | a large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects, after successful conclusion of these clinical trials it will receive formal approval from the FDA |
phase IV clinical trial phase IV | sometimes the FDA approves a drug for general use but requires the manufacturer to continue to monitor its effects, during this phase the drug may be tried on slightly different patient populations than those studied in earlier trials |
preclinical trial preclinical test preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
test trial | the act of undergoing testing, he survived the great test of battle, candidates must compete in a trial of skill |
field trial | a test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving |
trial | (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law, he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty, most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial |
ordeal trial by ordeal | a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control, escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence |
Scopes trial | a highly publicized trial in when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school, Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow, Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed |
show trial | a trial held for show, the guilt of the accused person has been decided in advance |
trial balloon | a balloon sent up to test air currents |
function purpose role use | what something is used for, the function of an auger is to bore holes, ballet is beautiful but what use is it? |
right to speedy and public trial by jury | a civil right guaranteed by the th amendment to the US Constitution |
trial trial run test tryout | trying something to find out about it, a sample for ten days free trial, a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain |
field trial field test | a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used |
trial balloon | a test of public opinion |
localization of function localisation of function localization principle localisation principle localization localisation | (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body |
derived function derivative differential coefficient differential first derivative | the result of mathematical differentiation, the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another, df(x) dx |
sentential function | formal expression containing variables, becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constants |
function word closedlass word | a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning |
routine subroutine subprogram procedure function | a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program |
function call | a call that passes control to a subroutine, after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program |
proof test copy trial impression | (printing) an impression made to check for errors |
characteristic curve characterisic function | (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters |
trial tribulation visitation | an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event, his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him, life is full of tribulations, a visitation of the plague |
affair occasion social occasion function social function | a vaguely specified social event, the party was quite an affair, an occasion arranged to honor the president, a seemingly endless round of social functions |
field trial | a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving |
trial | (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications, the trials for the semifinals began yesterday |
domain domain of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined |
image range range of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined, the image of f(x) x^ is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers |
function | a formal or official social gathering or ceremony, it was a black-tie function |
trial court | the first court before which the facts of a case are decided |
trial attorney trial lawyer | a lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law |
trial judge | a judge in a trial court |
trial balance | a balance of debits and credits in double-entry bookkeeping, drawn up to test their equality |
bodily process body process bodily function activity | an organic process that takes place in the body, respiratory activity |
control operation control function | an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data, a control operation started the data processing |
function | a relation such that one thing is dependent on another, height is a function of age, price is a function of supply and demand |
function mathematical function single-valued function map mapping | (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) |
inverse function | a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another, f and g are inverse functions if f(x)y and g(y)x |
metric function metric | a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them |
trigonometric function circular function | function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle |
threshold function | a function that takes the value if a specified function of the arguments exceeds a given threshold and otherwise |
exponential exponential function | a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent |
trial period test period | a period of time during which someone or something is tested |