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 Translation for 'acid test' from English to Slovak
NOUN   an acid test | acid tests
zaťažkávacia skúška {f}acid test [fig.]
skúška {f} ohňom [obr.]acid test [fig.]
Partial Matches
skúšať [nedok.]to test
testovať [nedok.]to test
skúška {f}test
test {m}test
vzdel.
kontrolka {f} [sl.] [kontrolná písomná práca]
test
vyskúšať [dok.]to test
vzdel.
písomka {f} [ľud.] [písomná skúška]
test
otestovať [dok.]to test
med.
pečeňový test {m}
liver test
kozmet.med.
klinický test {m}
clinical test
vytrvalostná skúška {f}endurance test
dychová skúška {f} [na alkohol]breath test
archeol.
fluórový test {m}
fluorine test
chém.
test {m} lakmusovým papierikom
litmus test
chém.
skúmavka {f}
test tube
stroj.tech.
deštrukčný test {m}
destructive test
biochém.med.
antigénový test {m}
antigen test
automot.
bariérová skúška {f}
crash test
automot.
zrážkový test {m} [neodborne]
crash test
med.
krvný test {m}
blood test
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Usage Examples English
  • The quick ratio, or acid-test, measures the ability of a company to use its "near cash" or quick assets to extinguish or retire its current liabilities immediately.
  • On December 11, 1965, Muir Beach was the site of the Third Acid Test.
  • The development of a nucleic acid test for the HIV-1 RNA has dramatically lowered the rate of donor blood seropositivity to about 1 in 3 million units.
  • The hippie legacy in literature includes the lasting popularity of books reflecting the hippie experience, such as "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test".
  • agreed to buy the global semi-exclusive nucleic acid test (NAT) patents for HCV and HIV from Chiron.

  • Tom Wolfe wrote a widely read account of the early days of LSD's entrance into the non-academic world in his book "The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test", which documented the cross-country, acid-fueled voyage of Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on the psychedelic bus "Furthur" and the Pranksters' later 'Acid Test' LSD parties.
  • He was present at the February 12, 1964 Acid Test organized by the Merry Pranksters in Watts, Los Angeles at "Youth Opportunities".
  • In "Straw Dogs" he argues that the idea that humans are self-determining agents does not pass the acid test of experience.
  • Scheuer is also remembered in Canadian poet Gary Geddes' poem "Sandra Lee Scheuer", found in his 1980 collection "The Acid Test".
  • While he was at college, he was inspired to embark on a career in journalism by reading Tom Wolfe's book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test".

  • The bus featured prominently in Tom Wolfe's 1968 book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" but, due to the chaos of the trip and editing difficulties, footage of the journey was not released as a film until the 2011 documentary "Magic Trip".
  • Zane Kesey and Simon Babbs edited the video and audio clips made by the Pranksters on the trip to produce a DVD (1999) called simply "The Acid Test", which is distributed by Key-z Productions.
  • "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" is a 1968 nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe.
  • Wolfe began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, achieving national prominence in the 1960s following the publication of such best-selling books as "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" (a highly experimental account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters) and two collections of articles and essays, "Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers" and "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby".
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