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1assay — [as′ā, a sā′; ] for v. [ a sā′, əsā] n. [ME & Anglo Fr assai < OFr essai, trial: see ESSAY, n.] 1. an examination or testing 2. the analysis of an ore, alloy, drug, etc. to determine the nature, proportion, or purity of the ingredients 3. a… …
2assay — n. & v. n. 1 the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality. 2 Chem. etc. the determination of the content or strength of a substance. v. 1 tr. make an assay of (a metal or ore). 2 tr. Chem. etc. perform a concentration on …
3assay — I. n. Trial (to determine the quality of metals, alloys, or ores), test, examination, analysis. II. v. a. Analyze (metallic substances), test, make an assay of …
4Assay office — Assay offices are institutions set up to assay (test the purity of) precious metal items, to protect consumers. Upon successful completion of the assay, (i.e. the metallurgical content is found to be equal or better than that claimed by the maker …
5assay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. test, analyze (See inquiry). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. test, measure, run tests on; see examine 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. examination, test, analysis, probe, investigation, assessment.… …
6assay — verb (t) /əˈseɪ / (say uh say) 1. to examine by trial; put to test or trial: to assay one s strength. 2. Metallurgy a. to test (ores or minerals) by chemical methods. b. to determine (the proportions of metals in ores) by smelting. 3.… …
7assay — Synonyms and related words: acid test, analysis, analyzation, analyze, anatomize, anatomizing, anatomy, appraise, appreciate, approach, assaying, assess, attempt, bid, blank determination, break down, break up, breakdown, breaking down, breaking… …
8assay — v 1. test, try out, experiment with; put to the test, prove, put to trial. 2. examine, analyze, inspect, scrutinize, look over carefully; investigate, check out, inquire into, search, probe, explore; study, consider carefully, give thought to,… …
9Nociception assay — A Nociception assay (nocioception or nocioperception assay) evaluates the ability of an animal, usually a rodent, to detect a noxious stimulus such as the feeling of pain, caused by stimulation of nociceptors. These assays measure the existence… …
10bio-assay — 1. The assessment of a substance s activity on living cells or on organisms. Animals have been used extensively in drug research in bio assays in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. Current trends are to develop bio assays using bacteria …
