sanity check

English

Noun

sanity check (plural sanity checks)

A check to make sure that something does not contain elementary mistakes or impossibilities and is not based on invalid assumptions.

Synonyms

sanity test

Translations

an act of checking that something does not contain elementary mistakes or impossibilities

Finnish: järkevyystarkastus
French: test de plausibilité m, contrôle de plausibilité m
German: Plausibilitätsprüfung f
Polish: kontrola poczytalności f

See also

reality check

Verb

sanity check (third-person singular simple present sanity checks, present participle sanity checking, simple past and past participle sanity checked)

To perform a sanity check.

Further reading

sanity check on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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