stress test

noun

: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)

Examples of stress test in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The ones that have earned a rightful long-term place in my quiver are the ones that obsess over seam taping, stress test their zippers, and refine fabrication choices with rigorous field testing. —Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2026

Right-handers Seth Halvorsen and Victor Vodnik figure to compete for the closer’s job during camp, but will Halvorsen’s elbow pass the stress test? —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026

Boston Dynamics is nearing the end of its testing cycle for its Atlas humanoid ‘research version’, with a final acrobatic stress test before moving to its production-ready avatar. —Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026

The next 18 months will feel like a stress test in slow motion. —Amy Eliza Wong, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stress test

• abreast
• accessed
• addressed
• appressed
• armrest
• arrest
• assessed
• attest
• backrest
• behest
• bequest
• caressed

Medical Definition

stress test

noun

: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)