Wassermann reaction /vasˈər-man rē-akˈshən/ or test /test/

A test for syphilis made on the blood serum or cerebrospinal fluid

test¹ /test/

1. Any critical trial
2. A means of trial, a standard for trial, judgement or comparison
3. A written examination, esp a short one
4. Anything used to distinguish or detect substances, a reagent (chem)
5. A pot or cupel in which metals are tried and refined
6. Any trial
7. A trial of fitness for admission, eg to an examination
8. An oath or other evidence of religious belief required as a condition of office or exercise of rights
9. A test match

1. To put to proof
2. To try or examine critically
3. To examine using a reagent (chem)
4. To assay and refine (metal)

To achieve a stated result in a test

testabilˈity noun

testˈable adjective

testeeˈ noun

A person who undergoes a test

testˈer noun

A person who tests or thing used for testing

testˈing noun

The act of subjecting to a test

1. Mentally taxing
2. Troublesome, difficult
3. Of or for a test

Test Acts plural noun

1. Acts meant to secure that none but members of the established religion shall hold office
2. Esp an English act of 1673 designed to exclude Roman Catholics from public office

test ban noun

The banning (by mutual agreement between nations (test-ban treaty)) of the testing of any or all nuclear weapons

test bed noun

1. An iron framework on which a machine is placed for testing
2. Anything with a similar purpose (also figurative)

test card see test pattern below.

test case noun

A law case that acts as a precedent and may settle similar questions about the same point of law in the future

test drive noun

1. A trial drive of a motor vehicle, usu with a view to purchasing the vehicle if it is satisfactory
2. Extended to a trial of any piece of equipment or machinery (informal)

testˈ-drive transitive verb

test flight noun

A trial flight of a new aeroplane

testˈ-fly transitive verb

testˈ-market transitive verb

To offer (a product) for sale in order to test demand, popularity, etc

test match noun

An international sports match (esp in cricket), usu forming part of a series

test paper noun

1. A bibulous paper saturated with some substance that changes colour when exposed to certain chemicals
2. A paper or questions to test fitness for a more serious examination

test pattern, test card or test chart noun (image technol)

A transmitted chart with lines and details to indicate particular characteristics of a transmission system, used in TV for general testing purposes

test pilot noun

A pilot whose work is testing new aircraft by flying them

test tube noun

A glass cylinder closed at one end, used in chemistry, bacteriology, etc

test-tube baby noun

Esp formerly, a child born as the result of artificial insemination, now usu one born from an ovum implanted in the womb after fertilization in a laboratory

test² /test/ (zoology and botany)

A testa (qv)

test³ /test/

1. To attest legally and date
2. To authenticate by a testing clause

testˈacy /-ə-si/ noun

The state of being testate

testˈāte adjective

Having made and left a valid will

A person who dies testate

testāˈtion noun

1. A witnessing
2. A giving by will

testāˈtor, fem testāˈtrix noun

A person who leaves a valid will at death

testāˈtum noun

One of the clauses of an English deed, enumerating the operative words of transfer, statement of consideration, money, etc

testing clause noun

(in a Scots deed) the last clause which recounts when and where the parties signed the deed, before what witnesses, by whose hand it was written, etc

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