4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Test  \Test\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tested};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Testing}.] 
  1.  (Metal.)  To  refine,  as  gold  or  silver,  in  a  test,  or 
  cupel;  to  subject  to  cupellation. 
 
  2.  To  put  to  the  proof;  to  prove  the  truth,  genuineness,  or 
  quality  of  by  experiment,  or  by  some  principle  or 
  standard;  to  try  as  to  test  the  soundness  of  a 
  principle;  to  test  the  validity  of  an  argument. 
 
  Experience  is  the  surest  standard  by  which  to  test 
  the  real  tendency  of  the  existing  constitution. 
  --Washington. 
 
  3.  (Chem.)  To  examine  or  try  as  by  the  use  of  some  reagent; 
  as  to  test  a  solution  by  litmus  paper. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Testing  \Test"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  testing  or  proving;  trial;  proof. 
 
  2.  (Metal.)  The  operation  of  refining  gold  or  silver  in  a 
  test,  or  cupel;  cupellation. 
 
  {Testing  machine}  (Engin.),  a  machine  used  in  the 
  determination  of  the  strength  of  materials,  as  iron, 
  stone,  etc.,  and  their  behavior  under  strains  of  various 
  kinds,  as  elongation,  bending,  crushing,  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  testing 
  n  1:  the  act  of  subjecting  to  experimental  test;  "they  agreed  to 
  end  the  testing  of  atomic  weapons" 
  2:  an  examination  of  the  characteristics  of  something  "there 
  are  laboratories  for  commercial  testing";  "it  involved 
  testing  thousands  of  children  for  smallpox" 
  3:  the  act  of  testing  students  or  candidates  (as  by  questions) 
  [syn:  {examination}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  testing 
 
  {test} 
 
 

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