Test
[test] or [tɛst]
Definition
(noun.) the act of testing something; 'in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately'; 'he called each flip of the coin a new trial'.
(noun.) the act of undergoing testing; 'he survived the great test of battle'; 'candidates must compete in a trial of skill'.
(noun.) any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; 'the test was standardized on a large sample of students'.
(noun.) a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins.
(verb.) undergo a test; 'She doesn't test well'.
(verb.) determine the presence or properties of (a substance).
(verb.) achieve a certain score or rating on a test; 'She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools'.
(verb.) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; 'This approach has been tried with good results'; 'Test this recipe'.
(verb.) show a certain characteristic when tested; 'He tested positive for HIV'.
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Definition
(n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
(n.) Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.
(n.) Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.
(n.) That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.
(n.) Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.
(n.) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
(n.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.
(v. t.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.
(n.) A witness.
(v. i.) To make a testament, or will.
(n.) Alt. of Testa
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Experiment, trial, proof, ordeal.[2]. Criterion, standard, touchstone.[3]. [Chem.] Reägent.
v. a. Try, prove, subject to trial, put to the proof, experiment upon, make trial of, make an experiment with, give a trial to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cupel, trial, examination, proof, criterion, standard, experiment, touchstone,experience, ordeal
ANT:misindication, misjudgment, misproof
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Definition
n. a pot in which metals are tried and refined: any critical trial: means of trial: (chem.) anything used to distinguish substances or detect their presence a reagent: standard: proof: distinction: a witness testimony: the hard covering of certain animals shield lorica.—v.t. to put to proof: to examine critically.—ns. Test′-pā′per a bibulous paper saturated with some chemical compound that readily changes colour when exposed to certain other chemicals; Test′-plate a white plate or tile on which to try vitrifiable colours by heat: a glass plate with a series of finely ruled lines used in testing the resolving power of microscopic objectives; Test′-tube a cylinder of thin glass closed at one end used in testing liquids.—n.pl. Test′-types letters or words in type of different sizes for testing the sight.—Test Acts acts meant to secure that none but rightly affected persons and members of the established religion shall hold office—especially those of 1673 and 1685.
v.t. to attest legally and date.—v.i. to make a will.—adj. Tes′table capable of being given by will capable of witnessing.
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Examples
- For the easy expression of public opinion in government is a clue to what services are needed and a test of their success. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We have applied this test to three general aims: Development according to nature, social efficiency, and culture or personal mental enrichment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The test for the cows was likewise successful. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In 1771 the issue came to a conclusive test in Britain before Lord Mansfield. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then it is that theory is put to the test. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Instead of applying the test of human need, they apply a verbal and logical consistency. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In every case the second test proved that he was right. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I have proved you in that time by sundry tests: and what have I seen and elicited? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Tests on a considerable scale were made by order of the naval authorities. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Only application tests them, and only testing confers full meaning and a sense of their reality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Tests are about to be made under special appropriation of Congress, and if its claim can be substantiated, it may become the most destructive engine of warfare known. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- While he was engaged on these tests Colonel Gouraud came down one night to visit him at the lonely works, spent a vigil with him, and toward morning wanted coffee. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- From the tabulated results of hundreds of tests there were selected three that showed the best results. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His work and tests regarding magnetism were repeated later on by Hopkinson and Kapp, who then elucidated the whole theory mathematically by means of formulae and constants. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But this theory can be tested by experiment. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The final operation in the motor assembly line is the block test, where the motor is inspected and tested before being assembled into the chassis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Quite true,' added Mr Boffin; 'and I tested Venus by making him a pretended proposal or two; and I found him on the whole a very honest man, Wegg. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Edison system of lighting was as beautifully conceived down to the very details, and as thoroughly worked out as if it had been tested for decades in various towns. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Education is the laboratory in which philosophic distinctions become concrete and are tested. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In every case that can be tested, it is found that a north pole repels a north pole, and a south pole repels a south pole; but that a north and a south pole always attract each other. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Tumbled together on the table are some pieces of iron, purposely broken to be tested at various periods of their service, in various capacities. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Only application tests them, and only testing confers full meaning and a sense of their reality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Then began the long months of testing platinum wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- During all these years from 1831 to 1844 Mr. McCormick was diligently at work changing, testing and experimenting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was seated at this bench testing, figuring, and planning. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In testing the recipes follow the directions with rigid care, and practice on a small quantity of the article until you get it right. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In testing dynamos at Goerck Street we had a long flat belt running parallel with the floor, about four inches above it, and travelling four thousand feet a minute. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Consequently the testing and sifting function of education only shows to which one of three classes an individual belongs. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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