impression | the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another, he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax |
impression | an impressionistic portrayal of a person, he did a funny impression of a politician |
means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
psychoanalysis analysis depth psychology | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders, based on the theories of Sigmund Freud, his physician recommended psychoanalysis |
test trial run | the act of testing something, in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately, he called each flip of the coin a new trial |
clinical trial clinical test | a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects, in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use |
preclinical trial preclinical test preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
test trial | the act of undergoing testing, he survived the great test of battle, candidates must compete in a trial of skill |
screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
MOT MOT test Ministry of Transportation test | a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes |
test mental test mental testing psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
intelligence test IQ test | a psychometric test of intelligence, they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests |
Stanford-Binet test | revision of the Binet-Simon Scale |
personality test | any test that is intended to assess personality |
projective test projective device projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
Rorschach Rorschach test inkblot test | a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots, subjects state what they see in the inkblot |
Thematic Apperception Test TAT | a projective technique using black-and-white pictures, subjects tell a story about each picture |
sub-test | one of a battery of related tests |
test case test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
test | a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
depth charge depth bomb | a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water, antisubmarine device |
depth finder | navigational instrument used to measure the depth of a body of water (as by ultrasound or radar) |
depth gauge depth gage | a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities |
impression | (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster, the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay |
sonic depth finder fathometer | depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves |
test bed | a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions |
test equipment | equipment required to perform a test |
test paper | paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests |
test range | a range for conducting tests |
test rocket research rocket test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
test room testing room | a room in which tests are conducted |
test tube | glass tube closed at one end |
a severity severeness harshness rigor rigour rigorousness rigourousness inclemency hardness stiffness | excessive sternness, severity of character, the harshness of his punishment was inhuman, the rigors of boot camp |
impression effect | an outward appearance, he made a good impression, I wanted to create an impression of success, she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting |
hardness ruggedness | the quality of being difficult to do, he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness, the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail |
unfeelingness callousness callosity hardness insensibility | devoid of passion or feeling, hardheartedness |
hardness | a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering, the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present |
hardness | the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure, not easily scratched, measured on Mohs scale |
depth | degree of psychological or intellectual profundity |
depth | the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense, the depth of his breathing, the depth of his sighs, the depth of his emotion |
depth deepness | the extent downward or backward or inward, the depth of the water, depth of a shelf, depth of a closet |
astuteness profundity profoundness depth deepness | the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas |
sensation esthesis aesthesis sense experience sense impression sense datum | an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation, a sensation of touch |
diagnostic test diagnostic assay | an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes |
agglutination test | a blood test used to identify unknown antigens, blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen, used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections |
heterophil test | a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells, positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis |
Widal test Widal's test | a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections |
cloze procedure cloze test | a test for diagnosing reading ability, words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks |
fecal occult test faecal occult test stool test | a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood, used to detect colorectal cancers |
glucose tolerance test | test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates, used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus |