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DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

Specialty Definition: DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

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Mining

Testing methods, the use of which destroy or impair the part or product insofar as its intended use is concerned, but which give proof or an indication of the strength or quality of similar or duplicate parts or products. Such tests involve the subjection of the test piece to various influences, of destructive magnitude, such as impact, stress, pressure, cyclic movement, etc. See also:nondestructive testing. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Destructive testing

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In destructive testing, tests are carried out to the specimen’s failure. These tests are generally much easier to carry out, yield more information, and are easier to interpret than nondestructive testing.

Testing of an object is often done in view of future use, which would make destructive testing pointless. However, it can be useful if the result gives information about similar specimens which are not tested.

Some types of destructive testing:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Destructive testing."

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Commercial Usage: DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

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Periodicals

  • Insight : Non Destructive Testing And Condition Monitoring (reference)

  • Technical Diagnostics And Non Destructive Testing (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

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Political Economy

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Industrial products such as air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, electric hand tools, and synthetic rubber gloves must undergo redundant and unnecessary testing requirements, which include destructive testing of samples. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

non destructive testing

94

non destructive testing equipment

11

destructive testing

5

non destructive testing services

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: DESTRUCTIVE TESTING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-g-i-i-n-r-s-s-t-t-t-t-u-v"

-5 letters: reductiveness.

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Alternative Orthography: DESTRUCTIVE TESTING


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 45 53 54 52 55 43 54 49 56 45      54 45 53 54 49 4E 47

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01000101 01010011 01010100 01010010 01010101 01000011 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01010100 01000101 01010011 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#69 &#83 &#84 &#82 &#85 &#67 &#84 &#73 &#86 &#69 &#32 &#84 &#69 &#83 &#84 &#73 &#78 &#71

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0045 0053 0054 0052 0055 0043 0054 0049 0056 0045      0054 0045 0053 0054 0049 004E 0047

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3839535452553754435639254395354434841

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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