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performance testing
(per·for·mance test·ing)
Entry from US Dictionary
noun
the evaluation of a person’s mental or manual ability.
the evaluation of the heritable characteristics of a bull or other breeding animal, or of a plant, as determined from the known characteristics of the offspring.
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