Main entry: examination, testing
Definition: the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned
Main entry: testing
Definition: the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works
Usage: they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons
Main entry: testing
Definition: an examination of the characteristics of something
Usage: there are laboratories for commercial testing; it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox