Definition of stress test
: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)
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And that’s what the rest of the league will be watching—not for a potential first-round upset, but as a stress test of a defending champion that hasn’t been healthy in months.
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During her final month of pregnancy, Lydia started bi-weekly amniotic fluid assessments and non-stress tests to make sure Gideon was healthy and progressing.
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In a bid to see if the changes were significant, the researchers put the macaques through a standardized stress test, called the human intruder test.
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That’s because the bill, sponsored by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, doesn’t touch the biggest constraint imposed on firms after the 2008 financial crisis: the Fed stress tests known as the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review.
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Maybe, then, Wealthfront’s pivot marks a stress test that the market needed to see which companies were genuine in their embrace of passive investing—and which were simply being opportunistic.
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Other: Walk-in clinic visit; basic eye exam; colonoscopy; cardio stress test; echocardiogram with Doppler; sleep study (polysomnogram; split-night sleep study; multiple sleep latency test).
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This bill represents another formal rollback of the regulations and stress tests put in place under the Obama administration to keep banks (and their customers!) from going busto on junk investments and 1,000-layer debt collateralizations.
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During a stress test, the patient exercises, usually on a treadmill, as long as tolerated.
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First Known Use of stress test
1955
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Definition of stress test for English Language Learners
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: a test to show how strong something is; especially : a medical test to show how strong and healthy your heart is during a period of exercise
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: an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill)
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