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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.

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.

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.