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Definition of Testing

1. Noun. The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works. "They agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"

2. Noun. An examination of the characteristics of something. "It involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"

3. Noun. The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned.

Definition of Testing

1. n. The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

Definition of Testing

1. Verb. (present participle of test) ¹

2. Adjective. difficult, tough ¹

3. Noun. The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Testing

1. test [v] - See also: test

Medical Definition of Testing

1. 1. The act of testing or proving; trial; proof. 2. The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation. Testing machine, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Testing

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Literary usage of Testing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1903)
"A variety of methods of testing fatigue have been applied to school children in recent years, and volumes of results reported ; but there has been nowhere a ..."

2. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"Professor F. Clowes t describes a lamp which he has devised for testing for the ... The advantages of using the hydrogen flame for testing can thus be ..."

3. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"ICH guidance refers to specific aspects of carci- nogenicity testing, genotoxicity testing, and reproductive toxicity testing for Pharmaceuticals. ..."

4. Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Trade Into the 21st Century by National Research Council (1995)
"testing AND CERTIFICATION Product testing Independent laboratories that perform testing services for clients comprise the largest share of the US conformity ..."

5. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1912)
"Galvanized-Iron testing. A Test for Galvanized Iron to Replace the ... Explains how to read gas meters, the manner of testing, its ailments, etc. 2200 w. ..."

6. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1893)
"testing Cast Iron.—An account is given by Mr. WJ Keep * of his method of ... The dead-load testing machine is described, and the method of using it is fully ..."

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