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   stress test

   noun

   • 1. a test of cardiovascular capacity made by monitoring the heart rate during a period of increasingly strenuous exercise: "the stress test suggested that he had coronary artery disease"
   • ▪ a test designed to assess how well a system functions when subjected to greater than normal amounts of stress or pressure: "the biggest banks are getting a financial stress test to see if they can withstand a deep recession"

   verb

   • 1. subject to a stress test: "industry regulators unveiled plans to stress-test the nation's largest banks"

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