test
/tɛst/ noun A1- A challenge, trial.
- An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
- A standardised measure, consisting of one or more items. · aptitude test· Test Theory
- A Test match.
- The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- Testa; seed coat.
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In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself.
The idea of using a form of poison which could not possibly be discovered by any chemical test was just such a one as would occur to a clever and ruthless man who had had an Eastern training.
It may well be that several explanations remain, in which case one tries test after test until one or other of them has a convincing amount of support.
Don’t you see that it gives us an infallible test for blood stains.
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