field trial

English Thesaurus

1. a test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving (noun.act)

hypernym	:	run, test, trial,
definition	:	the act of testing something (noun.act)

2. a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	test, trial, trial run, tryout,
definition	:	trying something to find out about it (noun.cognition)

3. a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving (noun.event)

hypernym	:	competition, contest,
definition	:	an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants (noun.event)

4. a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	field-test,
definition	:	test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used (verb.social)

derivation	:	field-test,
definition	:	test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used (verb.social)