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DEFINITIONS OF: testing

1

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”
Type of:
experiment, experimentation
the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation

n the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

Synonyms:
examination
Types:
11-plus, eleven-plus
(formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school
Type of:
investigating, investigation
the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

n an examination of the characteristics of something

“there are laboratories for commercial testing”
“it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox”
Types:
screening
testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics
genetic screening
analyzing a group of people to determine genetic susceptibility to a particular disease
Type of:
examination, scrutiny
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
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