field-test

verb

To test something using the conditions that it was designed to operate under, especially out in the real world instead of in a laboratory or workshop.

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Meanings

verbfield-test (third-person singular simple present field-tests, present participle field-testing, simple past and past participle field-tested)

present singular third person field-tests · participle present field-testing · participle past field-tested · past field-tested

  1. transitiveTo test something using the conditions that it was designed to operate under, especially out in the real world instead of in a laboratory or workshop.

    The JNR [Japan National Railways] is field-testing other ideas.

    1964 December, “Automatic Railways: How far are they practicable?”, in Modern Railways, page 388
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APA

field-test. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field-test

MLA

“field-test.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field-test. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “field-test,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field-test.

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