Experimental unit
Bounded definition
The smallest independently assigned unit in a comparison, often a tank or vessel rather than every animal inside it.
Do not infer more: Subsamples do not create treatment replication.
Wording people may use
unit of replication, tank replicate, pseudoreplication.
Use the term in context
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Editorial definition reviewed 2026-08-12. It adds no diagnosis, universal care target or new biological evidence. Challenge this wording or provide a source.