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 ]

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