|
Definition of Pilot experiment
1. Noun. A preliminary experiment whose outcome can lead to a more extensive experiment.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilot Experiment
Literary usage of Pilot experiment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilot Food Price Subsidy Scheme in the Philippines: Its Impact on Income by Marito Garcia, Per Pinstrup-Andersen (1987)
"... calories per person per day—a level that was computed directly from the food
consumption elasticities available at the start of the pilot experiment. ..."
2. Beyond Kyoto: Energy Dynamics and Climate Stabilisation by Cédric Philibert, Jonathan Pershing (2002)
"... emanating from the aforementioned assignment by the Ministry of Labour, led
to a decision, in December 1996, to mount a pilot experiment, on a national ..."
3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The method which the authors adopted was first to obtain, by a pilot experiment,
the approximate composition of the gas mixture required to produce ..."