Testing
Pronunciation : Test"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.
2. (Metal.)
Defn: The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation. Testing machine (Engin.), a machine used in the determination of the strength of materials, as iron, stone, etc., and their behavior under strains of various kinds, as elongation, bending, crushing, etc.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913