What does the word test mean?
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1. To try a substance, to prove, to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents, 2. A method of examination to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease, as the tuberculin test; or the presence or absence of some substance in any of the fluids or excretions of the body, as a test for albumin or sugar in the urine. 3. A substance used in making a test, a. reagent. 4. Testa. ( For tests not included in the following list, see under reaction and under the name of the inventor of the test.).
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Application of an agent for investigation purposes as to its value.
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[ Latin] A trial or examination; especially, a specific means for determining the presence or absence of a given condition, or, in chemical manipulations, of a given substance; an operation or process attended with a distinctive reaction.
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[ Latin] A reagent; a substance producing a distinctive reaction; as baryta is a T. for sulphuric acid. Test-paper, a paper impregnated with a chemical reagent and used in inducing a chemical reaction; e. g., litmus-paper and papers used in testing for albumin and glucose in the urine. Test-solution, a standardized solution of a chemical reagent used in testing. Test-tube, a thin-walled glass tube, closed at one end, used for heating small quantities of liquid and conducting chemical reactions with small amounts of the reagents. Test-type, letters of uniform size and shape, used in testing the sharpness of vision. The most used are Snellen’s, which are block letters drawn to scale, so as to be just distinguishable at a given distance( each then subtending an angle of 5 minutes); and Jager’s( mostly employed for testing at neat points), which are letters of ordinary form and arbitrarily selected size.
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Usage examples for test
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I will ask you to do nothing against the Faith; I will merely ask you to test for yourself what I say." – Wizard by Laurence Mark Janifer (AKA Larry M. Harris)
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Let's put this thing to a fair test. – Tales of the Road by Charles N. Crewdson
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He had been realising that the time must come when they would have to part, and now that it had come, why, he would put his fortune to the test. – Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford
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