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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A decisive or critical test, as of worth or quality.

Wiktionary

  1. n. idiomatic a rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a rigorous or crucial appraisal

Etymologies

  1. From the testing of gold with nitric acid (true gold is not affected) (Wiktionary)
  2. From the testing of gold in nitric acid. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “So far, Upshaw into Krugman was a success — the acid test this afternoon at the picket line.”

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