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A trial is, in the most general sense, a test, usually a test to see whether something does or does not meet a given standard.

It may refer to:

• Trial (law), the presentation of information in a formal setting, usually a court
• Sea trial, the final stage of constructing and testing a ship
• Evaluation, e.g. of software products in a trial version
• Clinical trial, a medical research study
• Bernoulli trial, any experiment with two possible random outcomes
• Trial (sport)
• Trial grammatical number, in linguistics, a grammatical form which signifies that there are three of something
• Motorcycle trials an offroad competitive test based on using specialist motorcycles

It may also refer to the following:

• Trial (1955 film)
• Trial (1969 film)
• Trial (band), the political straight edge hardcore band from Seattle WA, USA
• The Trial, (Tryall or Tryal) a ship which was wrecked in 1622.
• The Trial (ship), a ship seized by convicts and wrecked in 1816.

See also

• The Trial (disambiguation)

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