testing — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Difficult; tough.

   Esempi

   A testing time lies ahead for the new administration.

   Altri esempi (1)

   England have now gone four games without a win at Wembley, their longest sequence without a victory in 30 years, and still have much work to do to reach Euro 2012 as they prepare for a testing trip to face Bulgaria in Sofia in September.

Sostantivo

1. The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Termini più specifici

   alpha testinganimal testingbeta testingbig bang testingblack-box testingcontinuous testingDNA testingfuzz testinggenetic testinggray-box testinggrey-box testinghypothesis testingintegration testingkeyword-driven testingKleenex testingmodel-based testingmodel-driven testingmutation testingnuclear testingPAT testingportable appliance testingpsychological testingreality testingregression testingrisk-based testingsandwich testingsanity testingspark testingstatistical hypothesis testingsurge testingtesting clausetesting groundtoxicology testingtype testingunit testingwhite-box testingwind tunnel testing

   Esempi

   The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.

Sostantivo

1. the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works

   Termini più generali

   experimentexperimentation

   Esempi

   they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons

2. an examination of the characteristics of something

   Termini più generali

   examinationscrutiny

   Esempi

   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

   Sinonimi

   examination

   Termini più generali

   investigationinvestigating