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noun

Testing n.

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.), 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.

verb

Test v. t. (past & past part. tested; pres. part. testing)

1.

(Metal.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

2.

To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument. "Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution."

3.

(Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.

4.

To administer a test (8) to (someone) for the purpose of ascertaining a person's knowledge or skill; especially, in academic settings, to determine how well a student has learned the subject matter of a course of instruction.

Test v. i. To make a testament, or will. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Testing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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