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stress test
noun
: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)
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And this week on Face the Nation: America's relations with Israel face a serious stress test amid accusations that the ally likely violated international law in its war with Hamas.
—CBS News, 12 May 2024
Multiple stress tests have to be passed, including ice water immersion, impact tests, and high levels of loading across the display.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
The results were better than a previous stress test conducted in 2021, even though the scenarios imposed were the toughest to date, the European Banking Authority said Friday.
—WSJ, 28 July 2023
TikTok isn’t the only large tech platform to submit to an EU stress test.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 19 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1955, in the meaning defined above
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“Stress test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stress%20test. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Medical Definition
stress test
noun
: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)
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