tests

Noun

test (plural tests)

1. A challenge, trial.
   • Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.2012 March-April, Colin Allen, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2012, page 168
   1. An examination, given often during the academic term.
   2. A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
      • It's Christmas at ground zero / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!
   3. (psychometrics) A standardised measure, consisting of one or more items.
      • aptitude test
   4. A Test match.
2. (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.

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