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test cards

test cards is the plural of test card.

Meaning of test card

Noun

test card (plural test cards)

  1. A card printed with various letters or symbols, used in testing vision.
    Synonyms:
    Snellen chart
  2. (UK) A test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no programme is being broadcast (often at startup and closedown).
    • In 1967, the BBC needed a ‘test card’ for its new colour broadcasts, to be put on the screen when programmes were not being transmitted so engineers could adjust the quality of the picture.2013, Chris McManus, Right Hand, Left Hand, Hachette, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    test pattern

Questions about test cards

What is test cards the plural of?
Test cards is the plural of test card.

Words near test cards in the dictionary

  1. test bed
  2. test beds
  3. test bench
  4. test benches
  5. test card
  6. test cards
  7. test case
  8. test cases
  9. Test cricket
  10. test cross
  11. test crosses

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