drive thrust
driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
liner
line drive | (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter, the batter hit a liner to the shortstop |
line-drive single
line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
line-drive double
line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
line-drive triple
line triple | a triple resulting from a line drive |
| drive-by killing | homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile |
| drive-by shooting | shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim |
drive
ride | a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile), he took the family for a drive in his new car |
| cattle drive | driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers) |
| drive | the act of driving a herd of animals overland |
| drive | (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) |
| forehand drive | (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
| backhand drive | a hard straight return made on the backhand side |
| drive driving | hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver, he sliced his drive out of bounds |
| means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
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 |
campaign cause crusade
drive movement effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end, he supported populist campaigns, they worked in the cause of world peace, the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant, the movement to end slavery, contributed to the war effort |
fundaising campaign
fundaising drive
fundaising effort | a campaign to raise money for some cause |
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 |
automatic transmission
automatic drive | a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car |
| CD drive | a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system |
| CD-ROM drive | a drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be `played' |
disk drive
disc drive
hard drive
Winchester drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
drive
parkway | a wide scenic road planted with trees, the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views |
| drive | a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine, a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds |
| drive | (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium |
| drive-in | any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles |
drive line
drive line system | mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle |
driveway
drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
| external drive | a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable |
| fluid drive | an automotive power coupling |
four-wheel drive
WD | a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle |
| four-wheel drive WD | a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system |
fusee drive
fusee | a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring |
| internal drive | a drive mounted inside of a computer |
tape drive
tape transport
transport | a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read
write heads of a tape playback
recorder |