Definition von u-test im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Charpy impact test
- A test of the impact strength of a material, used to determine its relative ductility or brittleness. The test is executed by swinging a large, heavy hammer on a pendulum from a predetermined height. The hammer fractures the material sample, usually a block of a certain size with a notch cut in it. The height to which the pendulum swings is used to calculate the energy necessary to fracture the sample
- Cooper test
- A test of physical fitness in the US military
- Dick test
- a test to check whether someone is immune or not to scarlet fever
- Grubb's test
- A statistical test for deciding whether a data point is an outlier
- Kesternich test
- A test which simulates acid rain conditions by subjecting test specimens to a sulfur dioxide atmosphere as well as condensing moisture for the purpose of evaluating rust/corrosion characteristics
- Lemon test
- That a government action violates the Establishment Clause of the United States' constitution if it lacks a secular purpose, has its primary effect as promoting or inhibiting religion, or fosters an excessive entanglement of government with religion
- Mantoux test
- A skin test for tuberculosis, involving an injection of PPD (purified protein derivative)
- Mull of Kintyre test
- Alternative form of Mull of Kintyre rule
- Pap test
- A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample ('smear') of cells from the cervix
- Rorschach test
- A method of psychological evaluation that uses a person's interpretations of inkblots or similar images to discover information concerning his or her personality, emotional functioning, or unconscious mind
- Student's t test
- any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a Student's t-distribution if the null hypothesis is true
- Test cricket
- The highest level of international cricket, where Test sides compete against each other in five-day matches
- Test match
- An international match between the teams of two nations
- Test match
- A five-day first class match between sides representing the official Test nations
- Test nation
- Any of the officially recognised nations who play Test cricket: - Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe
- Test side
- Any national cricket team that is authorized to compete in Test cricket
- Test sides
- plural form of Test side
- Turing test
- A test of a computer's ability to demonstrate intelligence, as measured by whether a human judge can reliably distinguish the computer from another human being by conversing with both in natural language over a terminal
- Wada test
- a test used to establish which cerebral functions are localised to which hemisphere
- Widal test
- The agglutination test for typhoid fever
- Winogradsky test
- A soil test for fertility by determining its suitability for growing Azotobacter
- acid test
- a rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something
- babysitter test
- A test for the ease of use of household appliances
At the devices’ launch, the company claimed this ease of use would pass “the babysitter test” of making TVs and DVD players intuitive to use.
- babysitter test
- An informal method for assessing the maturity, reliability, or probity of a person, inviting one to judge whether one would entrust this person with the care of one's own children
I use a babysitter test when it comes to Israel, Indyk said. Do I trust this man or woman with my child? Will he or she be in the trenches when it really counts? Obama would.
- bleeding time test
- A test used to assess the ability of a person's blood to clot, carried out by cutting the skin and measuring the time it takes for the resulting bleeding to stop
- blood test
- A serologic analysis of a sample of blood
- blot test
- The Rorschach test
- borax bead test
- in qualitative inorganic analysis, a test for the presence of certain metallic elements by observing the colours given to a bead of borax in a loop of platinum wire held in the oxidizing and reducing parts of a Bunsen burner flame
- central location test
- The testing of a product by consumers in an artifical setting; contrast laboratory test and home-use test
- chi-square test
- any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a chi-square distribution if the null hypothesis is true
- copy test
- A method of market research that predicts in-market performance of an ad before it airs
- copy test
- A method of also known as a pre-test
- copy test
- A research tool that evaluates the execution and promise of an ad by analyzing audience levels of attention, brand linkage, motivation, entertainment, communication, as well as breaking down the ad’s Flow of Attention and Flow of Emotion
Thankfully, the company’s copy test included Flow of Emotion results that showed the ad’s tagline (slogan) made female consumers angry.
- crash test
- A test of crashworthiness, usually involving the controlled crashing of a vehicle with dummies in place of human passengers
- crash test dummy
- An anthropomorphic mannequin designed to be used for experiments in vehicle collisions, to see the effects on human occupants
- day-after recall test
- A method of advertising research measuring the percentage of people who remember seeing an advertisement the day after it was shown on television
The day-after recall test is one of the original forms of advertising research but few people still use it because the data and analysis is limited.
- drug test
- Any chemical check for the presence of (usually illegal) drugs in a sample of one's blood, hair or urine
- elk test
- moose test
- emissions test
- A measurement performed on motor vehicles, required by the DMV, to prevent issuing valid registration if an excessive amount of waste fumes are produced during typical use. Cars typically are placed on a dynamometer to simulate different driving speeds
- eye test
- A series of examinations carried out by an optician to assess a patient's vision
- field-test
- To test something using the conditions that it was designed to operate under, especially out in the real world instead of in a laboratory or workshop
- flame test
- in qualitative inorganic analysis, a simple test for the presence of a range of metallic elements based on the colour imparted to a flame by a sample
- flood test
- the procedure in which a controlled amount of water is temporarily retained over a horizontal surface to determine the effectiveness of the waterproofing system
- fluorine test
- fluorine dating
- fuzz test
- Any test that uses the fuzz testing methodology
- high-test
- Premium gasoline
- hit test
- The test used in collision detection to determine whether two objects are touching
- hot iron test
- a supposed test for witchcraft in which a hot iron was applied to the skin (or the tongue) - the skin of a witch would be unharmed
- inkblot test
- A Rorschach test
- litmus test
- Any test which produces a decisive result by measuring a single indicator
He opposes a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage—a litmus test for many social conservatives.
- litmus test
- A simple test for the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, using litmus paper
- liver function test
- any of several biochemical blood assays designed to give information on the state of a patient's liver; include total protein, albumin, alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin
- means test
- An inquiry into the financial position of a person applying for a government benefit in order to determine their eligibility
- means-test
- To subject a person to a means test, or to require a means test in order to receive a benefit
- moose test
- Any stringent test of the quality of a product; also used figuratively
He passed the moose test.
- moose test
- A test to determine how a vehicle, usually an automobile, responds when avoiding a sudden danger, such as a moose
- nose test
- An inspection of an object using the sense of smell, as for freshness of food
Make the nose test sniffing for fumes, before starting engines.
- nose test
- An informal method for determining whether something is authentic, credible, or ethical, by using one's common sense or sense of propriety
In many cases, said Henry J. Stern, the president of the Citizens Union, a civic group, and a former city Parks Commissioner, you have to apply the nose test. Does it smell? he said, referring to such deals. Is it based on a personal relationship? Does it run contrary to the city's interest?.
- nose test
- An inspection of the nasal passages or a trial of their function, as for breathing difficulties
The pollen blocker cream appeared to help; after using the cream, people did better on the nose test.
- paternity test
- A test done to determine the biological father of a child
- pen test
- A penetration test
- penetration test
- Either a static or dynamic test of the relative density of sand, slit etc using a penetrometer
- penetration test
- A test for vulnerabilities in a computer network in which an authorized person attempts to gain access from outside
- perfect gold standard test
- A test that measures the value of a binary variable without error
- placement test
- A test done before a course, to determine the students' level
- platelet function test
- Any of several diagnostic procedures that test the blood clotting function of platelets
- pre-test
- Any test done as practice, before an official test
- precipitin test
- any of several tests to measure a specific reaction between antigen and antibody which results in a visible precipitate
- pulmonary function test
- A test of the function of lungs, such as spirometry
- put to the test
- To test something or someone; to evaluate, scrutinize or explore by testing or experimentation
He got a new bicycle yesterday, so I expect that today he will want to take it out riding and put it to the test.
- red face test
- A hypothetical test of a person's embarrassment, that is either passed or failed. Saying one passes the red face test means one would not blush and thus would not be embarrassed by disclosing something to others or doing something, and saying one fails the red face test means a situation would cause them discernible embarrassment
- saliva test
- A medical test in which a sample of saliva is analyzed, often in order to measure a person's hormone levels; such a test administered to an athlete in order to conclusively determine gender
Women competitors in the Olympic Games have to pass a saliva test to prove they are not long-haired men.
- screen test
- a filmed audition to test the screen-acting ability of a potential actor
- shit test
- Usually unconscious effort by a woman to test man's worthiness and social status
- shovel test
- An excavation unit of small extent and shallow depth, made quickly with a shovel or trowel to determine whether archeologically significant material is present below the ground surface
- shovel test
- To examine a site or area using one or more small excavation units
- smear test
- A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix
- smell test
- An informal method for determining whether something is authentic, credible, or ethical, by using one's common sense or sense of propriety
It just doesn't pass the smell test. It just creates too many opportunities for cutting corners, doing unethical things and basically not telling the truth.
- smell test
- An assessment of a subject's ability to detect and distinguish odors
Although scientists have yet to pin down any biological basis for cigarette smokers' impaired performance on the smell test, Doty says he suspects that certain chemicals in smoke . . . damage the olfactory receptor cells in the nose.
- smell test
- An inspection of an object using the sense of smell, as for freshness of food
I give the smell test to many foods when I shop.
- smoke test
- A test to make sure that theatrical smoke will not set off the smoke alarms in a building
- smoke test
- To perform any of the above tests
- smoke test
- A test for leaks involving blowing smoke into a tube or pipe
- smoke test
- A preliminary test on a newly-constructed piece of electronic equipment, consisting simply of the application of electrical power, to make sure that no egregious wiring errors exist which would cause the circuitry to emit smoke, catch fire, explode, etc
- smoke test
- By extension, such an initial test on some other (not necessarily electronic) system, such as a computer program, again, not to perform any exhaustive tests of functionality, but simply to make sure that the system can be activated without any unexpected fireworks
- sniff test
- An informal reality check of an idea or proposal, using one's common sense or sense of propriety
niff-test issues... try to answer the basic question Does this venture appear to make sense?.
- spot test
- The addition of a single drop of a reagent to a small sample as a qualitative analytical test for the presence of a specific compound or class of compounds
The DPA test referred to by Martz is a color spot test for a range of oxidizing compounds, which include but are not limited to nitrates.
- stand the test of time
- To remain useful or valued over a long period of time; to last a long time
Pop music comes and goes, but classical music has stood the test of time.
- stress test
- A test of cardiac function after a standardized amount of exertion
- stress test
- Any test of function in response to stress
- stress test
- A test of an organization's ability to meet its financial obligations in adverse financial circumstances
- t test
- Student's t test
- t-test
- Student's t-test
- test
- The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.thumb|right|Two sea urchin tests
- test
- An examination, given often during the academic term
- test
- To administer or assign an examination that is given often during the academic term
- test
- A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc
- test
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc
- test
- Of a Test match
His test average was nearly 100.
- test
- A Test match
- test
- A challenge
- test
- To be shown to be by test
He tested positive for cancer.
- test
- To challenge
- test bed
- Any venue, setup, etc. used for experimentation, testing, proving a concept, etc
Since that set of articles is already fairly complete, they might serve as a good test bed for the different organizational systems we want to try.
- test bench
- a laboratory bench upon which a device is physically tested
- test bench
- a virtual simulation of a device for the same purpose
- test card
- A test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no programme is being broadcast (often at startup and closedown)
- test cards
- plural form of test card
- test case
- A legal action intended to set a precedent
- test case
- Any of a set of conditions and variables used to test an application
- test cases
- plural form of test case
- test drive
- A sample use of a motor vehicle done in order to assess its quality before purchase
- test drive
- Any preliminary assessment of something through use
- test drive
- To take a motor vehicle on the road to assess its quality before purchase
- test drive
- To make a preliminary assessment of something through its use
- test driven
- Past participle of test drive
- test drives
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of test drive
- test drives
- plural form of test drive
- test driving
- Present participle of test drive
- test drove
- Simple past of test drive
- test firing
- A launch of a rocket or missile in order to investigate its performance, handling characteristics etc
- test harness
- A software framework containing tests to verify the behaviour of other software components
- test harnesses
- plural form of test harness
- test of time
- The correlation of longevity with validity of an idea or trend
Reason away, but the test of time will prove me right.
- test paper
- a paper submitted to an examination by a student
- test paper
- a small piece of paper impregnated with a chemical indicator for making qualitative tests
- test portion
- A measured amount (volume) of a test sample being used in a test
- test the water
- Alternative form of test the waters
- test the waters
- To explore or probe, as before making a commitment
Taking classes in a subject is a good way to test the waters and explore a potential career.
- test tube
- conceived or developed in vitro by artificial insemination
- test tube
- a glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other; used for small-scale laboratory tests
- test tube
- produced in a test tube
- test tube babies
- plural form of test tube baby
- test tube baby
- a baby who was conceived by in vitro fertilisation and then implanted in the uterus of the mother
- test tubes
- plural form of test tube
- test-drive
- To drive a motor vehicle in order to evaluate it, especially before potential purchase
- test-fly
- To fly an aircraft in order to evaluate its performance
- test-paper
- Alternative spelling of test paper
- test-retest method
- a technique used to estimate the reliability or consistency of some measurement by correlating the results of multiple measurements, spread over time
- time test
- A test of fitness in which a person exercises for a defined period
- triangle test
- A test in which a potential consumer is asked to determine blindly which of three similar items is not identical to the other two
- unit test
- An individual test in unit testing
- white glove test
- An examination of cleanliness, hygiene or other cleaning-related standards
Looking at the imprint his hand had left on the visible layer of dust, he realized his home would certainly not pass his mother's white glove test.
- white-glove test
- An examination of cleanliness, hygiene or other cleaning-related standards
Looking at the imprint his hand had left on the visible layer of dust, he realized his home would certainly not pass his mother's white-glove test.
- test anxiety
- fear of taking tests