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ACID TEST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acid test mean?
• ACID TEST (noun)
The noun ACID TEST has 1 sense:
1. a rigorous or crucial appraisal
Familiarity information: ACID TEST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rigorous or crucial appraisal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("acid test" is a kind of...):
appraisal; assessment (the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth)
Context examples
Also called stomach acid stimulation test and stomach acid test.
(Gastric acid secretion test, NCI Dictionary)
They compared free fatty acid test results of children who were admitted as inpatients—and whose food intakes were controlled by hospital staff—to those of children who participated as outpatients.
(Researchers identify method to verify if children fasted before medical testing, National Institutes of Health)
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