testa : Idioms & Phrases
Test act
(Eng. Law) , an act of the English Parliament prescribing a form of oath and declaration against transubstantiation, which all officers, civil and military, were formerly obliged to take within six months after their admission to office. They were obliged also to receive the sacrament according to the usage of the Church of England. Blackstone.
Webster 1913
Test object
(Optics) , an object which tests the power or quality of a microscope or telescope, by requiring a certain degree of excellence in the instrument to determine its existence or its peculiar texture or markings.
Webster 1913
Test paper
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noun a written examination
exam paper; examination paper; question sheet.
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noun paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests
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(a) (Chem.) Paper prepared for use in testing for certain substances by being saturated with a reagent which changes color in some specific way when acted upon by those substances; thus, litmus paper is turned red by acids, and blue by alkalies, turmeric paper is turned brown by alkalies, etc.(b) (Law) An instrument admitted as a standard or comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of proving handwriting.
Webster 1913
Test tube
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noun glass tube closed at one end
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(Chem.) (a) A simple tube of thin glass, closed at one end, for heating solutions and for performing ordinary reactions.(b) A graduated tube.
