- confirmatory
- adjective
Date: 1636
serving to confirm ; corroborative <a confirmatory test>
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Confirmatory — Con*firm a*to*ry, a. Serving to confirm; corroborative. [1913 Webster] A fact confirmatory of the conclusion. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. Compton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confirmatory — index affirmative, convincing, demonstrative (illustrative) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
confirmatory — [kən fʉr′mə tôr΄ē] adj. confirming or tending to confirm: also confirmative … English World dictionary
confirmatory — confirm ► VERB 1) establish the truth or correctness of. 2) state with assurance that something is true. 3) make definite or formally valid. 4) (confirm in) reinforce (someone) in (an opinion or feeling). 5) (usu. be confirmed) administer the… … English terms dictionary
Confirmatory trial — A Confirmatory Trial can be defined as an adequately controlled trial where hypotheses are stated in advance and evaluated according to a protocol. This type of trial may be implemented when it is necessary to provide additional or firm evidence… … Wikipedia
Confirmatory factor analysis — In statistics, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) is a special form of factor analysis. It is used to test whether measures of a construct are consistent with a researcher s understanding of the nature of that construct (or factor). In contrast… … Wikipedia
confirmatory — /keuhn ferr meuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. serving to confirm; corroborative. Also, confirmative. [1630 40; < ML confirmatorius, equiv. to L confirma(re) (see CONFIRM) + torius TORY1] * * * … Universalium
confirmatory — adjective That which confirms, as ones word … Wiktionary
confirmatory — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. corroborative, agreeing, confirming, substantiating; see affirmative … English dictionary for students
confirmatory — adj. serving to confirm, corroborative … English contemporary dictionary
