Trial vs. Testing
Trial and Testing Definitions
Trial
A proceeding in which opposing parties in a dispute present evidence and make arguments on the application of the law before a judge or jury
The case is expected to go to trial.
Testing
A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the presence, quality, or truth of something; a trial
A test of one's eyesight.
Subjecting a hypothesis to a test.
A test of an athlete's endurance.
Trial
An instance of such a proceeding
The trial of Socrates.
Testing
A series of questions, problems, or physical responses designed to determine knowledge, intelligence, or ability.
Trial
The act or process of testing, trying, or putting to the proof
A trial of one's faith.
Testing
A basis for evaluation or judgment
"A test of democratic government is how Congress and the president work together" (Haynes Johnson).
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Trial
An instance of such testing, especially as part of a series of tests or experiments
A clinical trial of a drug.
Testing
(Chemistry) A physical or chemical change by which a substance may be detected or its properties ascertained.
Trial
An effort or attempt
Succeeded on the third trial.
Testing
A cupel.
Trial
A state of pain or anguish that tests patience, endurance, or belief
"the fiery trial through which we pass" (Abraham Lincoln).
Testing
To subject to a test; try
Tested the pen by scribbling on scrap paper.
Testing job applicants.
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Trial
A trying, troublesome, or annoying person or thing
The child was a trial to his parents.
Testing
To reveal the degree of (a given quality) in someone or something by or as if by means of a test
The experiment tested the rats' ability to solve spatial problems. The long war tested the country's resolve.
Trial
A preliminary competition or test to determine qualifications, as in a sport.
Testing
To identify the presence or amount of one or more substances in
Tested the water for lead.
Trial
Of, relating to, or used in a trial.
Testing
To identify the amount of (a substance) in something
Tested the nitrogen and phosphorus in the soil.
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Trial
Attempted or advanced on a provisional or experimental basis
A married couple on a trial separation.
Testing
To ascertain the properties of
Tested the steel for hardness and tensile strength.
Trial
Made or done in the course of a trial or test.
Testing
To assay (metal) in a cupel.
Trial
An opportunity to test something out; a test.
They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.
Testing
To undergo a test.
Trial
Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.
Testing
To administer a test
Test for acid content.
Test for the presence of an antibody.
Trial
A difficult or annoying experience, such an experience seen as a test of faith and piety
That boy was a trial to his parents.
Testing
To achieve a score or rating on tests
Tested high on the entrance exams.
Trial
A tryout to pick members of a team.
Soccer trials
Testing
To exhibit a given characteristic when subjected to a test
Test positive for the tubercle bacillus.
Trial
(ceramics) A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
Testing
; tough.
Trial
(UK) An internal examination set by Eton College.
Testing
The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
Trial
Pertaining to a trial or test.
Testing
Present participle of test
Trial
Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
Testing
The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.
Trial
Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
Testing
The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.
Trial
Triple.
Testing
The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works;
They agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons
Trial
(grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people; contrast singular, dual and plural. (See Ambai language for an example.)
No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.
Testing
An examination of the characteristics of something;
There are laboratories for commercial testing
It involved testing thousands of children for smallpox
Trial
To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
The warning system was extensively trialed before being fitted to all our vehicles.
Testing
The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
Trial
To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
The team trialled a new young goalkeeper in Saturday's match, with mixed results.
Trial
The act of trying or testing in any manner.
Trial
Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.
[I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight.
Trial
The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.
Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings.
Trial
The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
Repeated trials of the issues and events of actions.
Trial
That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.
Every station is exposed to some trials.
Trial
Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.
Trial
The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.
Trial
(law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal;
Most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial
Trial
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
Trial
(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications;
The trials for the semifinals began yesterday
Trial
(law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law;
He had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty
Trial
Trying something to find out about it;
A sample for ten days free trial
A trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain
Trial
An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;
His mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
Life is full of tribulations
A visitation of the plague
Trial
The act of undergoing testing;
He survived the great test of battle
Candidates must compete in a trial of skill
