test¹ /test/

1. Any critical trial
2. A means of trial, a standard for trial, judgement or comparison
3. A written examination, esp a short one
4. Anything used to distinguish or detect substances, a reagent (chem)
5. A pot or cupel in which metals are tried and refined
6. Any trial
7. A trial of fitness for admission, eg to an examination
8. An oath or other evidence of religious belief required as a condition of office or exercise of rights
9. A test match

1. To put to proof
2. To try or examine critically
3. To examine using a reagent (chem)
4. To assay and refine (metal)

To achieve a stated result in a test

testabilˈity noun

testˈable adjective

testeeˈ noun

A person who undergoes a test

testˈer noun

A person who tests or thing used for testing

testˈing noun

The act of subjecting to a test

1. Mentally taxing
2. Troublesome, difficult
3. Of or for a test

Test Acts plural noun

1. Acts meant to secure that none but members of the established religion shall hold office
2. Esp an English act of 1673 designed to exclude Roman Catholics from public office

test ban noun

The banning (by mutual agreement between nations (test-ban treaty)) of the testing of any or all nuclear weapons

test bed noun

1. An iron framework on which a machine is placed for testing
2. Anything with a similar purpose (also figurative)

test card see test pattern below.

test case noun

A law case that acts as a precedent and may settle similar questions about the same point of law in the future

test drive noun

1. A trial drive of a motor vehicle, usu with a view to purchasing the vehicle if it is satisfactory
2. Extended to a trial of any piece of equipment or machinery (informal)

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