'Testing machine' definitions:
Definition of 'Testing machine'
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- Testing \Test"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of testing or proving; trial; proof. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Metal.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]