stress test
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4.4
- noun
- /strɛs tɛst/
- Specialized
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prueba de estrés
- As part of her health assessment, the doctor recommended a stress test to check her heart's response to physical exertion.
- an exercise stress test
- do a stress test
Then we subjected the machine to ACPU stress test and this is even weirder.
- Then we subjected the machine to ACPU stress test and this is even weirder.
- So it's like a like a stress test at very, very high levels of pressure.
- So we did the stress test to see how how you responded to a unexpected stressful situation.
- Diamond took aim at banking stress tests in his letter too.
- Athletes, if you're in a stress test.
- I'm gonna I need, I'm doing a stress test on all my firearm stress test.
Examples
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Doppler echocardiography and exercise stress tests were applied to all.
Academic text (2007) -
Before launching the new product, the team performed a stress test to ensure it could handle unexpected spikes in usage.
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So this is kind of a standard, standard stress test that we do.
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So it's like a like a stress test at very, very high levels of pressure.
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How do you choose the things that might be the right stress test to find that crack?
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A total of forty-one patients completed the exercise stress test.
Academic text (2005) -
No differences could be found between ME and CFS patients on the exercise stress test.
Academic text (2005) -
The Fed prepares a new stress test for banks.
Blog text (13) -
Beginning in 2011, stress tests became a regular feature of the regulatory apparatus.
Academic text (2018) -
Results of resting electrocardiograms and stress tests contributed most to these diagnoses.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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1.0
An activity to check how well something works
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to subject a system to heavy load' is directly and compositionally derived from 'stress' (to apply pressure) combined with 'test' (an activity that checks performance). This straightforward action–purpose combination follows common English compounding/verb phrase patterns and is likely clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Stress test comes from a simple picture: people put an object or a person under heavy stress, meaning pressure or force, and run a test to see what breaks or fails. So a stress test is a 'test to see how well something works under pressure'.