stress testingn.
/ˈstrɛs ˌtɛstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈstrɛs ˌtɛstɪŋ/ The action of performing a stress test (in various senses). Also: the use of stress tests, esp. for investigative or diagnostic purposes.
ΚΠ
1905 Engin. Mag. 29 146/1 (heading) Stress testing.
1935 China Press (Shanghai) 29 Mar. 2/3 New methods of aircraft design..have meant that methods of stress calculation and stress testing have been radically changed.
1962 Jrnl. Occup. Med. 4 96/2 The functional capacity of the patient is evaluated by means of..pulmonary function tests, and stress testing on a treadmill.
1999 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Dec. (Eastern ed.) b8/2 Unexpected bugs could crop up, necessitating further delay as they are fixed and ‘stress testing’ of the operating system is resumed.
2019 Australian (Nexis) 4 Jan. 21 The science of stress-testing has evolved significantly over the past decade to now be a critical element of enterprise risk management and regulatory supervision.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
<
n.1905- to the longest day one lives
- to the loudest
- to the manner born
- to the manor born
- to the marrow
- to the masthead
- to the matter
- to the max
- to the memory of
- to the mends
- to the mite
- to the moment
- to the nail
- to the nay-ward
- to the nayward
- to the nearest
- to the neck
- to the nines
- to the nines rarely nine
- to the nonce
- to the north-eastward
- to the north-eastward of
- to the north-westward
- to the north-westward of
- to the northeastward