scientific method

[smwilliams07]

define control

[squarebear]

con�trol /kənˈtroʊl

noun
�verb (used with object)
1. to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command.
2. to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
3. to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.
4. to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire.
5. Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.
�noun
6. the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who's in control here?
7. the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control.
8. check or restraint: Her anger is under control.
9. a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls.
10. a standard of comparison in scientific experimentation.
11. a person who acts as a check; controller.
12. a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.
13. controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.
14. prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable: rodent control.
15. Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently: The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.
16. Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.
17. a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a s�ance.
18. the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.

�Related forms
con�trol�la�ble, adjective, noun
con�trol�la�bil�i�ty, con�trol�la�ble�ness, noun
con�trol�la�bly, adverb
con�trol�less, adjective
con�trol�ling�ly, adverb

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[theprof]

Fair's fair squarebear. smwilliams07 did ask to define control in the context of "scientific method" so the answer is reasonably confined and 18 contextual cut and pasted definitions are unnecessary..

smwilliams07, I'll define it as to verify a scientific experiment by conducting a parallel experiment in which the variable being investigated is held constant or is compared with a standard.

Hope that helps.

[squarebear]

All I saw were two words "define control". If the user wants help, they should at least take the trouble to phrase a question.