forensic

[ fuh-ren-sik ]

/ fəˈrɛn sɪk /

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adjective

pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.

adapted or suited to argumentation; rhetorical.

noun

forensics, (used with a singular or plural verb) the art or study of argumentation and formal debate.

Words nearby forensic

foremother, forename, forenamed, forenoon, forenoon watch, forensic, forensic accountant, forensic anthropology, forensic chemistry, forensic dentistry, forensic medicine

Origin of forensic

1650–60; < Latin forēns(is) of, belonging to the forum, public (see forum, -ensis) + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM forensic

fo·ren·si·cal·i·ty

[fuh-ren-si-kal-i-tee] /fəˌrɛn sɪˈkæl ɪ ti/, nounfo·ren·si·cal·ly, adverbnon·fo·ren·sic, adjectivenon·fo·ren·si·cal·ly, adverb

un·fo·ren·sic, adjectiveun·fo·ren·si·cal·ly, adverb

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Example sentences from the Web for forensic

Forensic tests showed the birds died after becoming coated in sludge, Hubbard said.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To what extent was the testimony the grand jury heard corroborated or contradicted by forensic evidence?
Ferguson’s Grand Jury Bought Darren Wilson’s Story|Paul Campos|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If true, it will have a discernable consistency with the forensic evidence.
There’s No Conspiracy in Ferguson’s Secret Jury|Paul Callan|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I found the section of the book on forensic archaeology fascinating.
The Real-Life Raiders of the Lost Ark|Alex Belth|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A National Transportation Safety Board investigation will deliver a forensic rigor that has been so far lacking.
Virgin Galactic’s Flight Path to Disaster: A Clash of High Risk and Hyperbole|Clive Irving|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet the forensic cleverness of a pleader may be detected in the account he gives of his relations with this woman.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi|Count Carlo Gozzi
Then see how this skeleton is built into a forensic by the splendid rhetoric of the great British statesman.
Elements of Debating|Leverett S. Lyon
One is the common ignorance of legal or forensic medicine among the members of the profession.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various
He was now past fifty years of age, in the prime of his strength and in the height of his forensic fame.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume III|John Lord
But it was in forensic eloquence that Cicero was pre-eminent, in which he had but one equal in ancient times.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord

British Dictionary definitions for forensic

forensic

/ (fəˈrɛnsɪk) /

adjective

relating to, used in, or connected with a court of lawforensic science

Derived forms of forensic

forensicality (fəˌrɛnsɪˈkælɪtɪ), nounforensically, adverb

Word Origin for forensic

C17: from Latin forēnsis public, from forum

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Medical definitions for forensic

forensic

[ fə-rĕn′zĭk ]

adj.

Relating to, used in, or appropriate for courts of law or for public discussion or argumentation.

forensic

adjective

noun

Words related to forensic

Words nearby forensic

Origin of forensic

OTHER WORDS FROM forensic

Example sentences from the Web for forensic

British Dictionary definitions for forensic

adjective

Derived forms of forensic

Word Origin for forensic

Medical definitions for forensic

adj.