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testing |
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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