VALIDATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does validating mean? 

• VALIDATING (adjective)
  The adjective VALIDATING has 1 sense:

1. serving to support or corroborate

  Familiarity information: VALIDATING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VALIDATING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serving to support or corroborate

Synonyms:

collateral; confirmative; confirmatory; confirming; corroborative; corroboratory; substantiating; substantiative; validating; validatory; verificatory; verifying

Context example:

collateral evidence

Similar:

supportive (furnishing support or assistance)

 Context examples 

Validating that a system or component during or at the end of the development process satisfies specified requirements (the process may include algorithm evaluation).

(Device Software Validation Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Validating that the device meets the user's needs and intended uses.

(Device Design Validation Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

A statistical method of partitioning a sample of data into subsets such that the analysis is initially performed on a single subset, while the other subsets are retained for subsequent use in confirming and validating the initial analysis.

(Cross Validation, NCI Thesaurus)