field-test
verb (used with object)
to test (a device or product) under various conditions of actual use.
were field-testing
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past progressiveof field-test.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Last week engineers from Illinois Institute of Technology were field-testing the most sensitive leak seeker yet, a device that does its sniffing by sound.
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