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test

See testing types.


test1
1. a series of questions or problems designed to test a specific skill or knowledge
2. 
a. a chemical reaction or physical procedure for testing a substance, material, etc.
b. a chemical reagent used in such a procedure
c. the result of the procedure or the evidence gained from it

test2
1. the hard or tough outer covering of certain invertebrates and tunicates
2. a variant of testa

Test
Abraham
his faith is tested when God demands the sacrifice of his son Isaac. [O.T.: Genesis 22:13]
Arthur, King
(c. 950–1000) becomes King of England by pulling sword from stone. [Arth. Legend: NCE, 159]
Carmel, Mt.
site of contest between Elijah and Baal priests. [O.T.: I Kings 18:19–40]
Cuban missile crisis
President Kennedy called Krushchev’s bluff, forcing dismantling of missile sites (1962). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 581–582]
J.B
. testing of contemporary Job. [Am. Lit.: J.B.]
Job
tormented to test devoutness. [O.T.: Job 1, 2]
Judgment of God
medieval trial by combat or ordeal. [Eur. Hist.: Leach, 561]
K’ung Fu
Confucian-based sect demands rigid tests for membership. [TV: Terrace, I, 448]
ordeal by fire
noble accused of crime holds red-hot iron or walks blindfolded and barefoot over red-hot plowshares to prove his innocence. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 779]
Turandot
solver of riddles wins Turandot; failure brings death. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Turandot, Westerman, 367–368]

(testing)test - The process of exercising a product to identify differences between expected and actual behaviour. Typically testing is bottom-up: unit testing and integration testing by developers, system testing by testers, and user acceptance testing by users.

Test coverage attempts to assess how complete a test has been.

2. The second stage in a generate and test search algorithm.


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Identification was confirmed by detection of penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a) by latex agglutination test (PBP2' Test Kit, Oxoid, Hants, UK).
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