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

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

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

A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly.

The act of trying for proof; the operation of refining large quantities of gold or silver by means of lead, in a test.

The act of trying for proof; the operation of refining gold or silver by the test.

n. The act of trying for proof;-in metallurgy, the operation of refining gold and silver by means of lead in the vessel called a test : cupellation.