Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of inspecting.
- noun Official examination or review, as of barracks or troops.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A district subject to official inspection.
- noun The act of inspecting; critical examination; close or careful survey; specifically, a formal or official inquiry by actual observation into the state, efficiency, safety, quality, etc., of something of special moment, as troops, police, buildings, steam-vessels, drugs, etc.
- noun Synonyms Investigation, Search, etc. See
examination .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.
- noun The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) a mode of trial in which the case was settled by the individual observation and decision of the judge upon the testimony of his own senses, without the intervention of a jury.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Act of examining something, often closely.
- noun Organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a formal or official examination
Etymologies
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Examples
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It must be highlighted that the use to this kind of inspection is frequent in the UK and the success rate is of 100%.
A Minute For Madeleine McCann « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Of course the inspection is fine but sometimes along the way stuff goes missing. gpkisner
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A mold inspection is initially visual but can also include a lab analysis.
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Deep packet inspection is just one seemingly neutral technological application that can have a significant impact on privacy rights and other basic civil liberties, especially as market forces, the enthusiasm of technologists and the influence of national security interests grow stronger.
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Of course the inspection is fine but sometimes along the way stuff goes missing. gpkisner
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Of course the inspection is fine but sometimes along the way stuff goes missing. gpkisner
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You know this because every time a fire inspection is done, you get threatening emails from the poor sod who had to accompany the fire officer around the station, kicking the fire extinguishers away from the fire doors that they prop open for the rest of the year.
Policing Pledge Response Times – The Ugly Truth! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Of course the inspection is fine but sometimes along the way stuff goes missing. gpkisner
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The Sept. 28 inspection is part of an agency crackdown that began after 29 miners died and two were seriously injured in an explosion at Massey's Upper Big Branch mine in nearby Raleigh County.
Safety violations found at W. Virginia coal mine Tim Huber 2010
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Of course the inspection is fine but sometimes along the way stuff goes missing. gpkisner
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