FIELD TRIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field trial mean? 

• FIELD TRIAL (noun)
  The noun FIELD TRIAL has 3 senses:

1. a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used

2. a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving

3. a test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving

  Familiarity information: FIELD TRIAL used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIELD TRIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

field test; field trial

Hypernyms ("field trial" is a kind of...):

test; trial; trial run; tryout (trying something to find out about it)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("field trial" is a kind of...):

competition; contest (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("field trial" is a kind of...):

run; test; trial (the act of testing something)