duck test
duck test noun: a form of abductive reasoning, application of intuition, or common sense regardless of technical parameters, to identify an ostensibly unknown subject by observing that subject's characteristics.
Noun
duck test (plural duck tests)
- A form of abductive reasoning, application of intuition, or common sense regardless of technical parameters, to identify an ostensibly unknown subject by observing that subject's characteristics.
Forms of duck test
| plural | duck tests |
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Origin of duck test
From the expression if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
Questions about duck test
- What does duck test mean?
- Duck test means a form of abductive reasoning, application of intuition, or common sense regardless of technical parameters, to identify an ostensibly unknown subject by observing that subject's characteristics.
- What part of speech is duck test?
- Duck test is a noun.
- What is the plural of duck test?
- The plural of duck test is duck tests.
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