all activities of nondestructive testing (NDT) used to find, locate, size or determine something about the object or flaws and allows the investigator to decide whether or not the object or flaws are acceptable; these activities include both testing (inspection) and evaluation of result to decide overall performance and future behavior (see: nondestructive test), kvantitatiivse või kvalitatiivse hinnangu andmine uuritava objekti (materjal, toode, defekt) kohta karakteristikute alusel, mis määratud mittepurustava katse või katsete tulemusena (vt mittepurustav katse)