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proving ground

noun

Definitions

  1. A terrain or installation for testing weapons, military equipment, or tactics.

  2. A venue or project in which new technologies, methods, or techniques are tested.

    • To test the new equipment and vehicles that will work to the high voltage a.c. system, a proving ground was sought at a convenient point, and the lines from Colchester to Clacton and Walton have been selected.
    • Several design issues emerged quite quickly with the Mirrlees engine, and so these locomotives can be seen as its rail-traction proving ground.

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