mehaaniline katse/teim, mille korral kahel toel asetsevat katsekerha koormatakse kahes punktis mõjuva välisjõuga - neljapunktilise sümmeetrilise koormusega (vt paindekatse; vrd 3-punkti paindekatse), a test method to measure the bending properties of materials in which a simple beam is subjected to four-point symmetrical loading (see: bend test; compare: three-point bend test)