test range
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4.9
- noun
- /tɛst reɪndʒ/
- Specialized
:
campo de pruebas
- During the experiment, several rockets were launched from the designated test range to assess their accuracy.
Examples
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The military conducted extensive drills at the test range to ensure the equipment was operational.
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Such a scenario is exactly the opposite of the situation on the test range, where the crew is primed and ready (and the firing is postponed if they are not).
Academic text (2001) -
In a few years, therefore, NMD could demonstrate on the test range a technical effectiveness of 80-90 percent.
Academic text (2001) -
A January 1995 agreement gave Russia continued access to several missile test ranges, proving grounds, and military communications sites in Kazakhstan.
Academic text (1996) -
Even if the current NMD system eventually demonstrated a 90 percent rate of technical effectiveness on the test range, it is reasonable to question whether it could ever come close to that under operational conditions.
Academic text (2001) -
The standard temperature test range of the unit is about 2 to 325 K, making it an excellent choice for UHV cooling applications, including superconductor and semiconductor materials characterization.
Academic text (1997) -
A 42-kJ HPG has been used to power a mechanical impact test system for projectiles prior to launch at a hypervelocity test range at the Arnold Engineering Development Test Center at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee.
Academic text (1995) -
The scientists evaluated the new technology's performance at an outdoor test range designed for vehicle testing.
Synonyms
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5.6
A place where people test new products, skills, or ideas to see if they work
2
4.4
A place with tools for checking how machines or programs work under real conditions
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6.0
A place set up to try new ideas or products before they are used more widely
A place where people test or launch rockets under safety rules
How Experimental
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area or facility for conducting tests' is directly and compositionally derived from 'test' (an activity that checks performance) modifying 'range' (an area or facility for practice). This simple noun+noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately interpretable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Test range comes from the simple idea of a test (a try) and a range (a wide open area used for practice), where people would go to safely try machines or weapons. So today test range means a place set aside 'to test' vehicles, weapons, or other equipment.