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The phrase "ad hoc experiment" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe an experiment that is created or done for a specific purpose or situation, rather than being part of a larger, planned study.
Example: "The researchers conducted an ad hoc experiment to test the effects of the new drug on a small group of patients."
Alternatives: "improvised experiment" or "temporary experiment".
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The Lyden Gardens affair is best viewed as a worthy ad hoc experiment.
More and more universities are establishing offices to oversee programs and otherwise formalize what has until recently been an ad hoc experiment in civic engagement.
I immediately put this down to the food, though I note, too, that the carefully selected control group for my ad hoc experiment is also looking a bit under the weather.
But in moving the women, the Government tore them from their homes and mixed women from different regions and social classes in what amounted to an ad hoc experiment in relationships.
The Mladić trial is the last major case to be heard by the tribunal, an ad hoc experiment in justice established by the UN security council, that is now winding down.
The result is an ad hoc experiment now under way at Kartchner Caverns near this town in southeastern Arizona to learn if it is possible to bring thousands of people into the fragile environment of a pristine cave without destroying the cave in the process.
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In order to identify the model parameters, a series of ad hoc experiments were designed to test the device over various engine operating conditions.
This could be done by computer simulations or ad hoc experiments simply and efficiently.
Certainly, in order to evaluate the fine grain of cortical differentiation with TMS/hd-EEG, one should design ad hoc experiments where stimulation parameters are varied in a systematic way (i.e. by moving/rotating the coil several times by a constant step).
Standard food and water were given ad libitum except for ad hoc experiments.
The possible occurrence of similar effects in vivo was investigated through ad hoc experiments in living cells.
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