Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun field_trial

3 senses of field trial

Sense 1
field trial, field test -- (a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used)
       => trial, trial run, test, tryout -- (trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain")

Sense 2
field trial -- (a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving)
       => contest, competition -- (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)

Sense 3
field trial -- (a test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving)
       => test, trial, run -- (the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial")