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demonstration experiment

a demonstration, often by a teacher in a classroom, of a well-established fact. Demonstration experiments are usually not experiments in the technical sense of comparing experimental to control conditions after randomization.

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alcoholic

alcoholic

n. a person who is dependent on alcohol, that is, who regularly drinks to the point of intoxication despite negative consequences. See also alcohol dependence.