testing

testing
    n 1: 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: an examination of the characteristics of something; "there
       are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved
       testing thousands of children for smallpox"
    3: the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by
       questions) to determine what they know or have learned [syn:
       {examination}, {testing}]
    

Test \Test\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tested}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Testing}.]
   1. (Metal.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or
      cupel; to subject to cupellation.
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   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.
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            Experience is the surest standard by which to test
            the real tendency of the existing constitution.
                                                  --Washington.
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   3. (Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent;
      as, to test a solution by litmus paper.
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   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.
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Testing \Test"ing\, n.
   1. The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.
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   2. (Metal.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a
      test, or cupel; cupellation.
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   {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.
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test
testing

   <testing> The process of exercising a product to identify
   differences between expected and actual behaviour.  Typically
   testing is bottom-up: {unit testing} and {integration testing}
   by developers, {system testing} by testers, and {user
   acceptance testing} by users.

   {Test coverage} attempts to assess how complete a test has
   been.

   2. The second stage in a {generate and test} search
   {algorithm}.

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   (2003-09-24)
    

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