trials
Difficult test periods
Trials are tests or examinations—of evidence, endurance, or quality.
A court trial determines guilt or innocence through formal proceedings.
Clinical trials test medical treatments.
Olympic trials select athletes for competition.
The word also names difficulties that test character: the trials of parenthood, trials and tribulations.
To be on trial is to face judgment.
Judicial proceedings chamber
- juryLegal decision-making body
- verdictOfficial court decision
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
prosecution · defense · witness · judge · cross-examination · plaintiff · defendant · litigation
State of great distress
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
difficulty · hardship · obstacle · challenge · setback · burden · test · crucible
Inactive therapeutic substitute
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
- efficacyAbility to produce results
- randomizationIntroducing chance systematically
- control groupUntreated subjects for comparison
protocol · volunteers · informed consent · adverse effects · dosage · baseline · pharmacology · biomarkers
Systematic investigation procedure
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- variableProne to fluctuation
data · methodology · control · replication · results · analysis · observation · publication
courtroom
Judicial proceedings chamber
evidence · prosecution · defense · witness · judge · cross-examination · plaintiff · defendant · litigation · sentencing
tribulation
State of great distress
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
suffering · difficulty · hardship · obstacle · challenge · setback · burden · test · crucible · affliction
placebo
Inactive therapeutic substitute
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
- efficacyAbility to produce results
- randomizationIntroducing chance systematically
control group · protocol · volunteers · informed consent · adverse effects · dosage · baseline · pharmacology · biomarkers · study design
experiment
Systematic investigation procedure
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
variable · data · methodology · control · replication · results · analysis · observation · publication · study
cyclocross
Off-road bicycle racing discipline
criterium · prologue · qualifying · heats
- justicecourtroom, retributive justice, courts, gavel, blind justice
- labslab, laboratory, beakers, test tubes, microscope
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- legallawyer, judge, jury, verdict, case
- legal systemattorney, landmark cases, criminal cases, lawyers, legal precedents
- Consumer Choiceshopping, brands, options, preference, comparison
trialssettlements
Established communities or agreements
plea bargains · dismissals · acquittals · plea deals · arbitration
trialsimplementation
Putting plans into effect
confirmations · proven results · established practice · standard of care · production
- trial and errorLearning through repeated attempts
- on trialUnder legal judgment
- free trialComplimentary introductory access
- trial runPreliminary test attempt
- trial by fireTest through difficult experience
- fair trialImpartial judicial proceeding
trial, retrial, trialled, trialling, pretrial, mistrial, triable, trialware, trial and error