stress-test

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stres test]
- /strɛs tɛst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stres test]
- /strɛs tɛst/

Definitions of stress-test word

verb with object stress-test to subject to a stress test. 1
noun stress-test a test, especially one conducted in a laboratory, to determine how much pressure, tension, wear, or the like a given product or material can withstand. 1
noun stress-test Medicine/Medical. a test of cardiovascular health made by recording heart rate, blood pressure, electrocardiogram, and other parameters while a person undergoes physical exertion. 1
noun stress-test a simulation test to determine how a given institution, system, etc., would perform under greater than usual stresses or pressures: the government’s stress test for big banks; mandatory stress tests for nuclear plants; a website stress test that simulates peak traffic. 1

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Origin of stress-test

First appearance:

before 1970

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1970-75

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Parts of speech for Stress-test

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Stress-test

stress-test popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.