"field-test" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: field-tests [present, singular, third-person], field-testing [participle, present], field-tested [participle, past], field-tested [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} field-test (third-person singular simple present field-tests, present participle field-testing, simple past and past participle field-tested)
  1. To test something using the conditions that it was designed to operate under, especially out in the real world instead of in a laboratory or workshop. Related terms: field test [noun], field study, ground truth
    Sense id: en-field-test-en-verb-eVGHHkW6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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