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Testing ground
noun
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Noun
- 1 A military site that is used for testing weapons.
"You know, brothers, that West Irian may possibly, possibly, I repeat possibly, also become a testing ground for either atomic weapons or other explosive devices."
- 2 a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation wordnet
- 3 A location set up for the testing of vehicles, machinery, agricultural techniques, etc. to ensure that they work as intended.
"The testing ground shall be not less than 1 ha in area and the length worked not less than 100 m."
- 4 A situation or thing that allows new ideas, methods, or hypotheses to be tried out. figuratively
"Copper Harbor, where there are known copper veins, was used as a testing ground for the AMT method."
- 5 A situation or problem that allows people to test how good they are. figuratively
"Autocratic control grows out of the fundamental imposition of a testing ground on all our young people; the institution that teaches the young also tests the young."
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