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Webster 1913 Edition

Testing

Test′ing

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Noun.
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.)
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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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Testing

TEST'ING

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ppr.
[from test.] Trying for proof; proving by a standard or by experiment.
A plan for testing alkalies--

TEST'ING

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Noun.
The act of trying for proof.
1.
In metallurgy, the operation of refining large quantities of gold or silver by means of lead, in the vessel called a test. In this process, the extraneous matter is vitrified, scarified or destroyed, and the metal left pure. This operation is performed in the manner of cupellation.

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