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testcase

testcase is the alternative form of test case.

Meaning of test case

Noun

test case (plural test cases)

  1. A legal action intended to set a precedent.
    • Although these decisions imply acceptance of gay and lesbian parenting, most of the second-parent adoption cases have been brought following "test-case" criteria that maximize the likelihood of judicial acceptance. The couples usually have had long-term monogamous relationships; they are...1993 October, Nancy D. Polikoff, “Lesbian And Gay Parenting: What's At Stake?”, in Gay Community News, page 3
  2. Any of a set of conditions and variables used to test an application.

Forms of testcase

pluraltestcases

Questions about testcase

What is testcase the alternative form of?
Testcase is the alternative form of test case.

Words near testcase in the dictionary

  1. testbeds
  2. testbench
  3. testbenches
  4. testcard
  5. testcards
  6. testcase
  7. testcases
  8. testcross
  9. testcrossed
  10. testcrosses
  11. testcrossing

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