field-test

1. 1.

   test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used

   “The Army field tested the new tanks”

   Broadertest

Questions about field-test

What does field-test mean?

field-test means "test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used".

How many syllables are in field-test?

field-test has 2 syllables and divides as field--test under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is field-test a common word?

field-test is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.