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forensic
[ fuh-ren-sik, -zik ]
adjective
- relating to, connected with, or used in courts of law, especially with reference to the scientific analysis of evidence:
The defense called a professional witness with credentials in forensic toxicology.
- relating, adapted, or suited to argumentation or to public discussion and debate; rhetorical:
The Athenians were famous for their forensic eloquence in the public forum.
noun
forensic
/ fəˌrɛnsɪˈkælɪtɪ; fəˈrɛnsɪk /
adjective
- relating to, used in, or connected with a court of law
forensic science
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Derived Forms
- foˈrensically, adverb
- forensicality, noun
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Other Words From
- fo·ren·si·cal·i·ty [f, uh, -ren-si-, kal, -i-tee, -zi-], noun
- fo·ren·si·cal·ly adverb
- non·fo·ren·sic adjective
- non·fo·ren·si·cal·ly adverb
- un·fo·ren·sic adjective
- un·fo·ren·si·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of forensic1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of forensic1
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Example Sentences
Forensic tests showed the birds died after becoming coated in sludge, Hubbard said.
To what extent was the testimony the grand jury heard corroborated or contradicted by forensic evidence?
If true, it will have a discernable consistency with the forensic evidence.
I found the section of the book on forensic archaeology fascinating.
If you can stomach lunch—forensic archaeology can be disgusting.
He had a vanity easily lacerated, and he was now too savage to abate the ferocity of his forensic attack.
But it was in forensic eloquence that Cicero was pre-eminent, in which he had but one equal in ancient times.
That was Pfalz-Neuburg's logic: none of the best, I think, in forensic genealogy.
I shall enter my appearance in the forensic costume of wig and gown.
But I say to him, in such a case how could I possibly have acquired any forensic distinction?
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