ASSAY
\ɐsˈe͡ɪ], \ɐsˈeɪ], \ɐ_s_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of ASSAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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analyze (chemical substances)
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a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
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a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
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a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
By Princeton University
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Trial; attempt; essay.
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Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
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Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
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Tested purity or value.
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The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
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The alloy or metal to be assayed.
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To try; to attempt; to apply.
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To affect.
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To try tasting, as food or drink.
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To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.
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To attempt, try, or endeavor.
By Oddity Software
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Trial; attempt; essay.
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Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
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Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
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Tested purity or value.
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The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
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The alloy or metal to be assayed.
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To try; to attempt; to apply.
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To affect.
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To try tasting, as food or drink.
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To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.
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To attempt, try, or endeavor.
By Noah Webster.
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The act or process of finding the quantity of any one or more metals in a metallic compound; the substance or metal to be tested.
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To subject to analysis.
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Assayer.
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Assayed.
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Assaying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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To examine or weigh accurately: to determine the amount of metal in an ore or alloy.
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To attempt: to essay.
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The determination of the quantity of metal in an ore or alloy: the thing tested.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To subject a substance, especially a metallic compound, to analysis; to test it with the special purpose of ascertaining the proportion in which a particular constituent is contained in it. [Old Fr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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