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field-testing

field-testing is the present participle and gerund of field-test.

Meaning of field-test

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

Questions about field-testing

What is field-testing the present participle and gerund of?
Field-testing is the present participle and gerund of field-test.

Words near field-testing in the dictionary

  1. field-replaceable unit
  2. field-slave
  3. field-slaves
  4. field-test
  5. field-tested
  6. field-testing
  7. field-tests
  8. fieldable
  9. fieldball
  10. fieldberry
  11. fieldbook

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