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field-test

field-test verb: to test something using the conditions that it was designed to operate under, especially out in the real world instead of in a laboratory or workshop.

Verb

field-test (third-person singular simple present field-tests, present participle field-testing, simple past and past participle field-tested)

  1. (transitive) To test something using the conditions that it was designed to operate under, especially out in the real world instead of in a laboratory or workshop.
    • The JNR [Japan National Railways] is field-testing other ideas.1964 December, “Automatic Railways: How far are they practicable?”, in Modern Railways, page 388

Forms of field-test

third-person singular presentfield-tests
present participlefield-testing
past participlefield-tested
pastfield-tested

Questions about field-test

What does field-test mean?
Field-test means to test something using the conditions that it was designed to operate under, especially out in the real world instead of in a laboratory or workshop.
What part of speech is field-test?
Field-test is a verb.
What is the past tense of field-test?
The past tense of field-test is field-tested.

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  5. field-slaves
  6. field-test
  7. field-tested
  8. field-testing
  9. field-tests
  10. fieldable
  11. fieldball

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