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  • proving ground — n 1.) a place or situation in which something new is tried or tested proving ground for ▪ High crime areas are proving grounds for new police officers. 2.) technical an area for scientific testing, especially of vehicles …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • proving ground — UK [ˈpruːvɪŋ ˌɡraʊnd] / US [ˈpruvɪŋ ˌɡraʊnd] noun [countable] Word forms proving ground : singular proving ground plural proving grounds 1) a place or situation that tests someone or something new 2) a place for doing scientific tests, especially …   English dictionary

  • Something Blue (How I Met Your Mother) — Infobox Television episode Title = Something Blue Series = How I Met Your Mother Caption = Marshall, Lily, Ted, Robin and Barney sitting at their table. Season = 2 Episode = 22 Airdate = May 14, 2007 Production = 2ALH22 Writer = Craig Thomas… …   Wikipedia

  • proving ground — any place, context, or area for testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a theory, etc. [1940 45] * * * ▪ testing       area used for testing devices and equipment, usually, though not always, military. Testing, in general, has for… …   Universalium

  • proving ground — noun (C) 1 a place or situation in which something new is tried out or tested: High crime areas make ideal proving grounds for new officers. 2 an area for scientific testing, especially of vehicles …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • proving ground — noun Date: circa 1890 1. a place for scientific experimentation or testing (as of vehicles or weapons) 2. a place where something is developed or tried out …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • proving ground — prov|ing ground [ pruvıŋ ,graund ] noun count a place or situation that tests someone or something new a. a place for doing scientific tests, especially tests of military weapons and equipment …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • proving ground — prov′ing ground n. any place, context, or area for testing something, as scientific equipment or a theory • Etymology: 1940–45 …   From formal English to slang

  • proving ground — /ˈpruvɪŋ graʊnd/ (say proohving grownd) noun any place or area for conducting experiments or testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a new theory, etc …  

  • self–proving — self–prov·ing / self prü viŋ/ adj 1: containing proof of its own validity a self–proving will 2: providing or being the evidence that renders something self proving; esp: being an affidavit signed by the witnesses to a will attesting to the will… …   Law dictionary

  • there is always something new out of Africa — L. ex Africa semper aliquid novi, a variant of a passage in the Naturalis Historia (viii. 16) of Pliny the Elder referring to hybridization of African animals: unde etiam vulgare Graeciae dictum semper aliquid novi African afferre, hence that… …   Proverbs new dictionary

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