testing

[Test·ing]

Use the word testing to mean the process of evaluating how something works or how well students have learned. Most colleges require applicants to undergo testing.

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The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

Noun
the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned

Noun
the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"

Noun
an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Test

n.
The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

n.
The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.


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.

The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

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Usage Examples

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

People spend so much time in their cars, and it's a legal way to have fun by speeding a little bit or testing yourself a little bit, and you get to invest in your car. For some people, it becomes their baby.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.

Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding.

We are involved in youth testing internationally. We want to try to prove without a shadow of a doubt the relationship between physical fitness and health, not just physical fitness and ability to perform.

I'm always active in trying to educate people when it comes to eating animal products, testing on animals, and the health benefits of being vegan, although I'm probably not the best person to be talking about the latter at the moment.

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Other Usage Examples

Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring.

I believe that the testing of the student's achievements in order to see if he meets some criterion held by the teacher, is directly contrary to the implications of therapy for significant learning.

No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count.

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future.

I'm intrigued by films that have a singular vision behind them. A lot of studio movies have ten writers by the time they're done. You have a movie testing 200 times, making adjustments according to various people's opinions. It's difficult to have an undistilled vision.

Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships.

HGH testing is happening in Olympics. The science is there. It is a valid test.

Technology is neutral: It convicts and finds innocents. We must make it a regularized part of the system, giving defendants access to DNA testing and evidence whenever it might be relevant.

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