The phrase "a tentative test" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a preliminary or trial examination that is not yet final or conclusive.
Example: "We conducted a tentative test to gather initial data before proceeding with the full-scale study."
Alternatives: "a preliminary test" or "a trial test".
But after a first tentative test of all of them consisting in the search for the same chain, and comparing the results, it was decided to include a review in this work referring to Education & Information Technology Library (EdlTLib, currently LearnTechLib The Learning and Technology Library), Web of Science (WOS), and EBSCO Academic Search.
Yesterday the Surrey left-hander underwent a tentative fitness test at the ground, although it leant more towards due process being observed than a strenuous workout of the little finger on his right hand fractured by Fidel Edwards last week.
Compared to theory-building (new concepts/constructs and relationships out of data) and theory development (new elements and relationships within a tentative theory), testing theory challenges extended theory by empirical investigations into failures and anomalies that the current theory cannot explain.
For these tests, we construct a tentative TSB, which contains tsunami waveforms at locations in the Seafloor Observation Network for Earthquakes and Tsunamis along the Japan Trench and maximum coastal tsunami heights, using about 2000 tsunami source models along the Japan Trench.
We do not claim, however, that these tentative tests are sufficient for an effective discrimination between acceptable and non-acceptable nonlinear models for valuation of derivatives.
I myself was convinced that uptalk was tentative, testing, oversensitive; not feminine so much as wimpy, detumescent.
He said that tentative tests and analysis on 37 of Ms. Corcione's collection showed they were from the Early Archaic and Late Archaic periods.
After a tentative introduction in test markets, the DVD -- a CD-size disk that can hold an entire movie with surround sound -- has been catapulted into the national mainstream.
Leaden feet were to blame for the demise of Compton's 18-ball stay and a tentative mindset – unbecoming a Test batsman in Ashes year – was behind his failure.
One of the Egyptian mediators was shot and wounded in the hand Wednesday after trying to walk Gaza's streets to test a tentative truce reached the previous evening.
