assay
Check metal content
Assay means to analyze or evaluate, especially to determine the composition or quality of something.
The word appears most often in technical contexts: to assay an ore sample is to test its metal content; to assay a drug is to measure its purity or potency.
More broadly, to assay something is to attempt or try it: She assayed a smile despite her grief.
As a noun, an assay is the test itself or its results: The assay showed high gold content.
Test using living tissue
- toxicologyScience of poisons
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- reagentSubstance prompting chemical change
- specimenIndividual for examination
culture · microbiology · incubation · pathogen · diagnostic · titration · pharmacology · PCR
Metal-bearing rock
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- goldElement seventy-nine
silver · copper · lead · zinc · platinum · refining · bullion · slag
Expressing something numerically
- metricsStandards for assessment
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
purity · potency · titer · yield · sensitivity · specificity · accuracy · precision
Purposeful sustained attempt
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- tryMake an effort
- ventureRisky new undertaking
undertaking · pursuit · quest · strive · endeavour · stab · crack · shot
Facility for scientific investigation
- biochemistryScience of living chemistry
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
experimentation · investigation · study · findings · results · interpretation · methodology · scientific
Estimation of worth
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- reviewCritical written assessment
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
scoring · valuation · examination · inspection · scrutiny · feedback · estimation · diagnosis
bioassay
Test using living tissue
- toxicologyScience of poisons
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- reagentSubstance prompting chemical change
specimen · culture · microbiology · incubation · pathogen · diagnostic · titration · pharmacology · PCR · antibody
ore
Metal-bearing rock
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
gold · silver · copper · lead · zinc · platinum · refining · bullion · slag · dross
quantification
Expressing something numerically
- metricsStandards for assessment
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- gaugeStandard of measurement
concentration · purity · potency · titer · yield · sensitivity · specificity · accuracy · precision · repeatability
endeavor
Purposeful sustained attempt
venture · undertaking · pursuit · quest · strive · endeavour · stab · crack · shot · bid
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- biochemistryScience of living chemistry
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
quantitative · experimentation · investigation · study · findings · results · interpretation · methodology · scientific · inquiry
appraisal
Estimation of worth
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- reviewCritical written assessment
rating · scoring · valuation · examination · inspection · scrutiny · feedback · estimation · diagnosis · critique
- laboratorybeaker, test tube, flask, microscope, pipette
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- Biology Labpetri dish, microscope, pipette, test tube, beaker
- BiotechDNA, bioengineering, genetic testing, gene, DNA sequencing
- minemine shaft, adit, drift, crosscut, raise
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
assaysynthesize
Combine into unified whole
synthesis · combine · integrate · amalgamate · unify