assay
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- n an appraisal of the state of affairs
they made an assay of the contents - n a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
- n a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
- n a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
- v analyze (chemical substances)
- v make an effort or attempt
- Since the Federal Government began paying $35 an ounce for gold last January, Treasury assay mint offices at New York, Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, New Orleans and .
- Still, it's something of a shock to learn that Monty Roberts' enormously popular, enormously self-approving memoir The Man Who Listens to Horses may assay out as part fiction.
- That screen, known as Oncotype Dx, is used widely today and relies on a 21-gene assay to tell patients how likely their cancer is to recur and whether their tumors will respond to .