assay
pronunciation
How to pronounce assay in British English:
UK [əˈseɪ]
How to pronounce assay in American English:
US [ˈæsˌe, æˈse]
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- Noun:
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
- a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
- 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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- Verb:
- analyze (chemical substances)
- make an effort or attempt
Word Origin
- assay
- assay: see essay
- assay (v.)
- c. 1300, "to try, endeavor, strive; test the quality of," from Anglo-French assaier, from assai (n.), from Old French essai "trial" (see essay).
- assay (n.)
- "trial, test of quality, test of character," mid-14c., from Anglo-French assai (see assay (v.)). Meaning "analysis" is from late 14c.
Example
- 1. Ketoconazole cream related substances and assay methods .
- 2. Study on automatic turbidimetric assay of concentrations of piperacillin in serum .
- 3. Microbiological assay of nicotinic acid in cereal products .
- 4. Self-incompatibility in cruciferae aud its assay method .
- 5. Their cervical lymph nodes were collected to assay the lymphocyte proliferation rate and the production of cancer killing cytokines .