ASSAY
\ɐsˈe͡ɪ], \ɐsˈeɪ], \ɐ_s_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of ASSAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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analyze (chemical substances)
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a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
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a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
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a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
By Princeton University
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Trial; attempt; essay.
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Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
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Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
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Tested purity or value.
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The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
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The alloy or metal to be assayed.
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To try; to attempt; to apply.
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To affect.
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To try tasting, as food or drink.
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To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.
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To attempt, try, or endeavor.
By Oddity Software
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Trial; attempt; essay.
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Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
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Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
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Tested purity or value.
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The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
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The alloy or metal to be assayed.
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To try; to attempt; to apply.
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To affect.
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To try tasting, as food or drink.
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To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.
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To attempt, try, or endeavor.
By Noah Webster.
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The act or process of finding the quantity of any one or more metals in a metallic compound; the substance or metal to be tested.
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To subject to analysis.
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Assayer.
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Assayed.
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Assaying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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To examine or weigh accurately: to determine the amount of metal in an ore or alloy.
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To attempt: to essay.
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The determination of the quantity of metal in an ore or alloy: the thing tested.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Examination; the determination of the quantity of any particular metal in an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, and more especially of the quantity of gold or silver in coin or bullion; the substance to be assayed.
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To examine; to determine the amount of a particular metal in an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To try or prove, as metals; to attempt; to endeavour.
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Examination; trial, as of the purity of silver or gold.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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To subject a substance, especially a metallic compound, to analysis; to test it with the special purpose of ascertaining the proportion in which a particular constituent is contained in it. [Old Fr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
