bench test

noun

An individual test of a component, such as an electrical or mechanical device, that is performed with the component removed from its normal operating environment, notionally on a workshop bench.

“That’s funny, the throbulator was working fine when I bench tested it.”

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Meanings

nounbench test (plural bench tests)

plural bench tests

  1. An individual test of a component, such as an electrical or mechanical device, that is performed with the component removed from its normal operating environment, notionally on a workshop bench.

    When the diesel engine has undergone its bench tests, and the various temperatures, loads and fuel consumptions have been recorded, it is then ready for coupling to the generator.

    1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 267
verbbench test (third-person singular simple present bench tests, present participle bench testing, simple past and past participle bench tested)

present singular third person bench tests · participle present bench testing · participle past bench tested · past bench tested · alternative bench-test

  1. To perform a bench test on.

    That’s funny, the throbulator was working fine when I bench tested it.

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