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test

noun
/tɛst/US/tʰest/

Etymology

From Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste (“an earthen vessel, especially a pot in which metals were tried”), from Latin testum (“the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot”), from *terstus, past participle of the root *tersa (“dry land”). See terra, thirst. The examination sense came via metaphor of the metallurgical sense - the way a metallurgist puts to the test his gold, a teacher may put to the test their students' knowledge.

  1. derived from testum — “the lid of an earthen vessel, an earthen vessel, an earthen pot”
  2. derived from test
  3. inherited from test

Definitions

  1. A challenge, trial.

  2. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

  3. An examination, given often during the academic term.

  4. ›+ 20 more definitions

    1. A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or…

      A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.

      • It's Christmas at ground zero / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test

    2. A Test match.

    3. The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and…

      The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.

    4. Testa

      Testa; seed coat.

    5. Judgment

      Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

      • Who would excel, when few can make a test / Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?

    6. To challenge, to put a strain on (something).

      • Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.

    7. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel

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

    8. To put to the proof

      To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.

      • to test the soundness of a principle
      • to test the validity of an argument
      • September 17, 1796, George Washington, Farewell Address Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.

    9. To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to…

      To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).

    10. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and…

      To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.

    11. To be shown to be by test.

      • He tested positive for cancer.
      • It is probable that children who test above 180 IQ are actually present in our juvenile population in greater frequency than at the rate of one in a million.

    12. To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.

      • to test a solution by litmus paper

    13. To challenge (someone) to a fight.

      • I'm feelin' special, I might fly her out to LA, yeah / I got my weapon, it turn violent if you test me, yeah

    14. A witness.

      • 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.

    15. To attest (a document) legally, and date it.

    16. To make a testament, or will.

    17. Clipping of testosterone.

    18. A river in Hampshire, England, which empties into the Solent near Southampton.

    19. Acronym of Treadmill Exercise Stress Test.

    20. Abbreviation of testosterone.

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Derived

A/B test, Abel test, acceptance test, air puff test, alpha test, alternating series test, B3B-test, ball-on-three-balls test, Becchi's test, Bechdel test, beep test, Beilstein test, bench test, beta test, bleeding time test, bleep test, blind test, Blockburger test, blot test, borax bead test, Bourne test, brake test, breath test, brown bag test, brown paper bag test, burrito test, central location test, Charpy impact test, chi-square test, comb test, Coombs test, Cooper test, copy test, crash test, crash test dummy, cricket test, day-after recall test, device under test, Dick test, diehard test · +217 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at test. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01test02refinement03high-class04recognized05recognize06valid07correct08accurate09target

A definitional loop anchored at test. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at test

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA