meaning of assay
1. Trial; attempt; essay.
2. Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
3. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
4. Tested purity or value.
5. 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.
6. The alloy or metal to be assayed.
7. To try; to attempt; to apply.
8. To affect.
9. To try tasting, as food or drink.
10. 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.
11. To attempt, try, or endeavor.
12. 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.
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