"test card" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: test cards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} test card (plural test cards)
  1. (optometry) A card printed with various letters or symbols, used in testing vision. Synonyms: Snellen chart Translations (vision test card): näkötaulu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-test_card-en-noun-A0Kvfhlc Disambiguation of 'vision test card': 88 12
  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), kad ujian (Malay), obraz kontrolny [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-test_card-en-noun-~HKjLvQz Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Topics: broadcasting, media, television Disambiguation of 'broadcast test signal': 8 92

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