bench test

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Noun

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bench test (plural bench tests)

  1. An individual test of a component, such as an electrical or mechanical device, that is performed with the component removed from its normal operating environment, notionally on a workshop bench.
    • 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 267:
      When the diesel engine has undergone its bench tests, and the various temperatures, loads and fuel consumptions have been recorded, it is then ready for coupling to the generator.

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bench test (third-person singular simple present bench tests, present participle bench testing, simple past and past participle bench tested)

  1. To perform a bench test on.
    That’s funny, the throbulator was working fine when I bench tested it.

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