field-test en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) 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.
The JNR [Japan National Railways] is field-testing other ideas.
1964 December, “Automatic Railways: How far are they practicable?”, in Modern Railways, page 388:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| field-tested | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| field-tested | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| field-testing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| field-tests | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |