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- DictionaryAs·say/ˈaˌsā/
noun
- 1. the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality: "submission of plate for assay"
verb
- 1. determine the content or quality of (a metal or ore): "the man who assayed gold was more than a technician"
- 2. attempt: archaic "I assayed a little joke of mine on him"
1. : examination and determination as to characteristics (such as weight, measure, or quality) 2. : analysis (as of an ore or drug) to determine the presence, absence, or quantity of one or more components.
ASSAY definition: 1. to examine a substance to find out how pure it is or what its properties (= qualities) are: 2…. Learn more.
Assay definition: to examine or analyze. See examples of ASSAY used in a sentence.
An assay is an investigative (analytic) procedure in laboratory medicine, mining, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively assessing or quantitatively measuring the presence, amount, or functional activity of a target entity.
An assay is a breakdown of a material, examining the individual parts that make up the whole. When you assay a situation, you look at all the elements that created the problem in order to come up with a solution.
An assay is a test of a substance to find out what chemicals it contains. It is usually carried out to find out how pure a substance is.
assay - 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.
