Assay (IPA: /ˈæsi/)
| Assay (n.) |
Trial; attempt; essay. |
| Assay (n.) |
Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine. |
| Assay (n.) |
Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried. |
| Assay (n.) |
Tested purity or value. |
| Assay (n.) |
The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin. |
| Assay (n.) |
The alloy or metal to be assayed. |
| Assay (v.) |
To try; to attempt; to apply. |
| Assay (v.) |
To affect. |
| Assay (v.) |
To try tasting, as food or drink. |
| Assay (v.) |
To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition. |
| Assay (v. i.) |
To attempt, try, or endeavor. |
| Assay |
Investigative (analytic) procedure in laboratory medicine, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology |
| Assay |
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, France |
| Assay Synonyms |
Check |
| Assay Synonyms |
Attempt, Try Out, Seek, Essay, Try |
| Translations |
Assay in Spanish |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Therefore fear not to assay To gather, ye that may, The flower that this day Is fresher than the next." - Time |
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