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Szondi test

(Encyclopedia)Szondi test: see psychological tests. ...

bead test

(Encyclopedia)bead test, test used in the identification of certain metals. Some metallic ions that cannot be identified by a flame test are identified by a bead test. The test can also be used to confirm the resul...

Test Act

(Encyclopedia)Test Act, 1673, English statute that excluded from public office (both military and civil) all those who refused to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, who refused to receive the communion acc...

blood test

(Encyclopedia)blood test, examination of blood routinely or as an aid in diagnosing a suspected disease. Tests may be performed on whole blood or on the plasma portion only. Blood typing identifies the proteins at ...

chi-square test

(Encyclopedia)chi-square test: see statistics. ...

Semipalatinsk Test Site

(Encyclopedia)Semipalatinsk Test Site, Soviet nuclear testing site, c.6,950 sq mi (18,000 sq km), NE Kazakhstan, near the city of Kurchatov and some 90 mi (150 km) W of Semey (formerly Semipalatinsk). Between 1949 ...

thematic apperception test

(Encyclopedia)thematic apperception test: see psychological tests. ...

test-tube baby

(Encyclopedia)test-tube baby: see in vitro fertilization. ...

borax bead test

(Encyclopedia)borax bead test: see bead test.

nuclear test-ban treaty

(Encyclopedia)nuclear test-ban treaty: see disarmament, nuclear. ...