The Collaborative International Dictionary
Testing \Test"ing\, n.
The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.
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(Metal.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.
Testing machine (Engin.), a machine used in the determination of the strength of materials, as iron, stone, etc., and their behavior under strains of various kinds, as elongation, bending, crushing, etc.
Usage examples of "testing machine".
I put it in the tension testing machine, and clamped itthe clamp was good for 10,000,000 poundsbut it began to bend, so I had to quit Then Morey held it with a molecular beam, and I tried twisting it.
Now I want one of your engineers to put these on your testing machine and let me know what these chips are.
She squeezed through it, landing in a basin supervised by a testing machine.
The young inventor had extruded several rods which he now installed in a strength-testing machine.