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 document lays out a 90-day compliance agenda, which features a realistic baseline for tier visibility, entity list screening and a documentation stress test that was developed based on a real-life CBP inquiry. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Creating a licensing body is not a bizarre idea in a world where the FAA determines the airworthiness of planes and banks must pass stress tests to operate. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026

The stress test showed a mild tachycardia, but again, nothing to worry about, and again, weight loss was the recommendation. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026

Rising prices and possible safety net changes point to the need for conversations with a competent financial advisor to stress test financial plans, Roth said. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 23 Sep. 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)