STRESS TEST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("stress test" is a kind of...):

assay; check (an appraisal of the state of affairs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stress test"):

treadmill test (a stress test in which the patient walks on a moving treadmill while the heart and breathing rates are monitored)

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