smoke test

smoke test noun: a test for leaks involving blowing smoke into a tube or pipe.

Noun

smoke test (plural smoke tests)

A test for leaks involving blowing smoke into a tube or pipe.
A preliminary test on a newly-constructed piece of electronic equipment, consisting simply of the application of electrical power, to make sure that no egregious wiring errors exist which would cause the circuitry to emit smoke, catch fire, explode, etc.
(broadly) Such an initial test on some other (not necessarily electronic) system, such as a computer program, again, not to perform any exhaustive tests of functionality, but simply to make sure that the system will not catastrophically fail on activation.
A test to make sure that theatrical smoke will not set off the smoke alarms in a building.

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

புகைச் சோதனை

Noun
plural	smoke tests
Verb
third-person singular present	smoke tests
present participle	smoke testing
past participle	smoke tested
past	smoke tested

What does smoke test mean?: Smoke test means a test for leaks involving blowing smoke into a tube or pipe.
What is smoke test in Tamil?: Smoke test in Tamil is புகைச் சோதனை. See Smoke test meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is smoke test?: Smoke test can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of smoke test?: The plural of smoke test is smoke tests.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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