stress test

English

A man having a cardiac stress test (sense 1) administered

Pronunciation

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Noun

stress test (plural stress tests)

2. (medicine) A test of cardiac function after a standardized amount of exertion.
3. (by extension) Any test of function in response to stress.
4. (banking, finance) A test of an organization's ability to meet its financial obligations in adverse financial circumstances.
5. (computing) A DDoS

Further reading

• stress testing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cardiac stress test on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stress testing (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stress test (financial) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English stress test.

Noun

stress test m (invariable)

1. stress test (all senses)