bench test

English

Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Alternative forms

• bench-test

References

• “bench test”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• test bench, testbench