Definitions for: Testing


[n] the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
[n] the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"
[n] an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"



Webster (1913) Definition: Test"ing, 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.

Synonyms: examination

See Also: 11-plus, eleven-plus, experiment, experimentation, investigating, investigation, screening, scrutiny

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