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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.

Definition 2024


testing

testing

English

Adjective

testing (comparative more testing, superlative most testing)

  1. Difficult, tough.
    • 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC:
      England have now gone four games without a win at Wembley, their longest sequence without a victory in 30 years, and still have much work to do to reach Euro 2012 as they prepare for a testing trip to face Bulgaria in Sofia in September.

Noun

testing (countable and uncountable, plural testings)

  1. The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
    • 2011, Emerson B. Powery, Immersion Bible Studies: Luke
      The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.

Derived terms

  • sanity testing

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Verb

testing

  1. present participle of test

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