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1 essai Noun, masculine

(a) attempt, try; refaire un ~ to try again

(b) (Commerce, Tech) test, (esp Med) trial; ~s cliniques clinical trials, clinical testing (sg); être en ~ clinique to be undergoing clinical trials; ~s sur les animaux animal testing (sg), testing (sg) on animals

(c) (Sport: in rugby) try

(d) (Cinema) les ~s the rushes

(e) (Literature: rare) essay

Terms from the DGT glossary

French termEnglish term
Essai de détonabilitéTest of resistance to detonation
Essai à blancBlank test
Essai de contrôleCheck test
Essai à blancBlank solution
Essai à blancBlank
Essai de contrôleControl test
EssaiTest
Essai photométriquePhotometric test
Essai à blancBlank experiment
Essai de fragmentationFragmentation
Essai de résistance à haute températureHigh-temperature test
Essai de résistance au rayonnementResistance-to-radiation test
Essai de transmission de la lumièreLight-transmission test
Essai de distorsion optiqueOptical distortion test
Essai de résistance au feuFire-resistance test
Essai de résistance aux agents chimiquesResistance to chemical agents
Essai sur une éprouvette plateTest on a flat test piece
Essai à la cibleTarget test
Essai au collimateurCollimation-telescope test
Essai de résistance à haute températureResistance to high-temperature test
Essai de résistance au rayonnementResistance-to-radiation tests
Essai de résistance aux agents chimiquesResistance to chemicals
Essai de transmission de la lumièreLight transmission test
Essai de distorsion optiqueOptical-distortion test
Essai en striplineStripline testing
Essai en cellule TEMTEM cell testing
Essai en injection de courantBulk current injection testing
Essai sur le cycle biologique des poissonsFish life cycle test
Essai en laboratoireLaboratory testing
Essai du système OBDOBD system test
Essai préliminairePreliminary test
Essai ESCESC Test
Essai ELRELR Test
Essai ETCETC Test
Injection des échantillons pour essaiTake solutions of the test samples
Essai de RET sur peau de ratRat skin TER assay
Essai sur modèle de peau humaineHuman skin model essay
Essai sur modèle de peau humaineHuman skin model assay
Essai limiteLimit test
Essai de stabilitéStability test
Essai préalable à la mise en servicePre-commissioning tests

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