Testing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Testing	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
testing 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" an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox" the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned Synonym(s): examination, testing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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. Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution. --Washington. 3. (Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Testing \Test"ing\, n. 1. The act of testing or proving; trial; proof. 2. (Metal.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation. {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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
testing {test}