Definitions for testing
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. testing(noun)

   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. testing(noun)

   an examination of the characteristics of something

   "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"

3. examination, testing(noun)

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. testing(Noun)

   The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving

2. testing(Adjective)

   difficult, tough

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Testing

   of Test

2. Testing(noun)

   the act of testing or proving; trial; proof

3. Testing(noun)

   the operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Testing

   tes′ting, n. the act of trying for proof: the operation of refining gold and silver: chemical analysis.—Testing clause, in a Scotch deed, the last clause which narrates when and where the parties signed the deed, before what witnesses, by whose hand written, &c.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'testing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4608

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'testing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4193

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'testing' in Nouns Frequency: #1852

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of testing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of testing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of testing in a Sentence

1. John Bayne:

   Nobody has broken more phones in the lab than Corning, it's almost equivalent to crash testing for vehicles. We're simulating the most stringent conditions we can to make the product better in scenarios that you might see in the real world.

2. Sarah Clark:

   There's a lot of different technologies that people are testing and bringing to enable people to pay in new ways, it's not quite clear what the overall winner will be -- or even if there is one overall winner -- because the way to pay in a supermarket might be different to the way to pay in a coffee shop.

3. John Koh:

   We can see that the industry is moving towards animal-free testing, so we really want to offer a solution to testing on the skin without using animal or human skin.

4. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

   I think it is true that we have a worse outbreak here just by admissions to ICUs as they begin to build. It's not just testing.

5. Probarb:

   First they make medicine, vaccines, then create environment of fear amongst people and simultaneously build testing lab then increase healthcare business.

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