carryover
- noun
- /ˈkɛriˌoʊvər/
- Specialized
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arrastre
- After the 4-week treatment period, there was a 4- to 8-week washout period to minimize any carryover effects and to ensure that lipid levels were back to baseline values.
- carryover effect
- functional carryover
- carryover analysis
Examples
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To avoid DNA carryover, we performed PCR sample preparation, DNA extraction, and PCR amplification and analysis in three separate rooms with a unidirectional workflow.
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Participants were engaged in casual conversation for a few minutes between recordings for each condition to minimize carryover effects.
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Stimulation conditions were separated by one week to reduce the possibility of carryover effects.
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Days and times were randomly selected to mitigate any carryover effects from scheduled events, such as courses.
Academic text (2015) -
Finally, the current study investigated only the immediate effects of the implementation of a functional analysis; therefore, it is unknown if functional analysis carryover effects arose later in the day.
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Because it was important to avert carryover from one injection to the next, the syringe was purged with pure solvent after each injection.
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Researchers were concerned about potential carryover, as residual substances from one analysis could affect the results of the next measurement.
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To avoid carryover contamination, samples were thoroughly cleaned between experiments prior to analysis.
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The study emphasized the importance of minimizing carryover, ensuring that leftover test material didn't skew further results.
Synonyms
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6.5
Wrong or repeated data added to a dataset that gives wrong results
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6.0
A part left after the main part is used
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Carryover comes from the words carry ('to move') and over ('into the next thing'). Imagine a small drop left on a spoon that goes into the next bowl, so in a lab a carryover is a leftover from one test that can affect the next result.