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testing collapse: the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"; an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"

operational collapse: being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions"; of or intended for or involved in military operations; pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result; "operational difficulties"; "they assumed their operational positions"

offset collapse: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper; produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"; create an offset in; "offset a wall"; cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface; compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals"

impartiality collapse: an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally

self-restraint collapse: exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate"

kinescope collapse: a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

process collapse: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"; a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"; (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"; a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial"; subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"; perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information; "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"; deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"

degeneration collapse: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form; the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

stencil collapse: device that has a sheet perforated with printing through which ink or paint can pass to create a printed pattern; mark or print with a stencil

inhibition collapse: (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires; the quality of being inhibited; (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"

photography collapse: the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies; the act of taking and printing photographs; the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces

technique collapse: a practical method or art applied to some particular task

aplomb collapse: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"

coif collapse: a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law; cover with a coif

pragmatism collapse: (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

abnegation collapse: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others; the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity"

antenna collapse: one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste; an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals; sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"

empiricism collapse: the application of empirical methods in any art or science; (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

contraception collapse: birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

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