field-test

See also: field test

English

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.
   • 1964 December, “Automatic Railways: How far are they practicable?”, in Modern Railways, page 388:

     The JNR [Japan National Railways] is field-testing other ideas.

Related terms

• field test (noun)

See also

• field study
• ground truth