MANIPULATED VARIABLE
\mənˈɪpjʊlˌe͡ɪtɪd vˈe͡əɹɪəbə͡l], \mənˈɪpjʊlˌeɪtɪd vˈeəɹɪəbəl], \m_ə_n_ˈɪ_p_j_ʊ_l_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_d v_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_b_əl]\
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An independent variable one can alter to get a particular effect. For example, for a period of time to see how one's weight changes in response, one can lower one's calories intake, as calories is the manipulated variable, to learn if one's weight depends on the amount of calories one consumes.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).