"test card" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: test cards [plural]
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  1. (optometry) A card printed with various letters or symbols, used in testing vision. Synonyms: Snellen chart Translations (vision test card): näkötaulu (Finnish)
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  2. (UK, television) A test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no programme is being broadcast (often at startup and closedown). Tags: UK Categories (topical): Television Synonyms: test pattern Translations (broadcast test signal): prøvebillede (Danish), testikuva (Finnish), virityskuva (Finnish), Testbild [neuter] (German), pola teknik (Indonesian), テストカード (tesuto kādo) (Japanese), kad ujian (Malay), obraz kontrolny [masculine] (Polish), carta de ajuste [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-test_card-en-noun-~HKjLvQz Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Topics: broadcasting, media, television Disambiguation of 'broadcast test signal': 5 95

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Alternative forms

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