Hypertext Webster Gateway: "testing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Test \Test\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tested}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Testing}.]
1. (Metal.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or
cupel; to subject to cupellation.
2. 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.
Experience is the surest standard by which to test
the real tendency of the existing constitution.
--Washington.
3. (Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent;
as, to test a solution by litmus paper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
testing
n 1: the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to
determine how well something works; "they agreed to end
the testing of atomic weapons"
2: an examination of the characteristics of something; "there
are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved
testing thousands of children for smallpox"
3: the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by
questions) to determine what they know or have learned
[syn: {examination}]
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