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an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"

show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV"

the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"

a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins

trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"

undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"

achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"

determine the presence or properties of (a substance)

an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"

test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus"

show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV"

the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"

a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins

trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"

undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"

achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"

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

Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.

Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.

That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.

Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.

Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.

To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

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.

To make a testament, or will.

Alt. of Testa

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

Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.

Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.

That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.

Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.

Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.

To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

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.

To make a testament, or will.

Alt. of Testa

Proof; a close examination or a decisive trial; as, he stood the test; means of proving strength or worth; in chemistry, an experiment for discovering the presence of any substance in a compound.

To put to the proof; to try to find a particular substance in; as, to test rice for starch; to compare with a standard.

Tester.

1. To try a substance, to prove, to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents, 2. A method of examination to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease, as the tuberculin test; or the presence or absence of some substance in any of the fluids or excretions of the body, as a test for albumin or sugar in the urine. 3. A substance used in making a test, a. reagent. 4. Testa. (For tests not included in the following list, see under reaction and under the name of the inventor of the test.).

Application of an agent for investigation purposes as to its value.

A pot in which metals are tried and refined: any critical trial: means of trial: (chem.) anything used to distinguish substances or detect their presence, a reagent: standard: proof: distinction.

To put to proof: to examine critically.

A vessel in which metals are assayed; any critical trial; standard; proof.

To put to proof; try by a standard.

To try by experiment; prove.

To attest.

An experiment to determine the true character of something.

A trial.

A criterion or standard.

A large cupel, or a vessel in which metals are melted for trial and refinement; examination by the cupel; any critical trial and examination; trial; means of trial; a standard; judgment; distinction; a substance employed to detect any unknown constituent of a compound.

To prove the truth or genuineness of by experiment; to try; to refine gold or silver by certain processes.

To attest and date.

The vessel in which a metal is tried; any critical trial or examination; anything used to distinguish substances, or to detect their presence; standard; criterion; proof.

To bring to a trial and examination; to compare with a standard; to prove by experiment; to put to the proof; to refine, as gold or silver, by means of the test.

An oath which military and civil officers were obliged to take against Popery under the celebrated Test Act, repealed in 1828; an oath or affirmation generally.

The shell or hardened outer covering of Crustaceans and other invertebrates.

An examination or trial.

A chemical reaction or reagent.

A trial or experiment made for ascertaining some particular fact or condition; also the substance employed in such an experiment.

See testa.

n. [French, Latin] A cupel in which metals are melted for trial refinement ;-examination by the cupel; hence, any critical trial and examination;- means of trial;- that with which any thing is compared for proof of its genuineness; a standard ;-ground of admission or exclusion ;-judgment : distinction; discrimination; a substance employed to detect any unknown constituent of a compound, by causing it to exhibit some characteristic property; a re-agent.