forensic
[fuh-ren-sik]
- pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- adapted or suited to argumentation; rhetorical.
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- forensics, (used with a singular or plural verb) the art or study of argumentation and formal debate.
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Origin of forensic
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Examples from the Web for forensic
Contemporary Examples
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
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.
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 HyperboleClive Irving
November 1, 2014
Historical Examples
I shall enter my appearance in the forensic costume of wig and gown.
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.F. Anstey
But I say to him, in such a case how could I possibly have acquired any forensic distinction?
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.F. Anstey
It is, of course, poisonous, but as yet has no forensic importance.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
Forensic, having to do with the law; ballistics, the science of projectiles.
The Arrow of FireRoy J. Snell
His forensic habits were excessively simple, but very effective.
Men of Our TimesHarriet Beecher Stowe
forensic
- relating to, used in, or connected with a court of lawforensic science
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin forēnsis public, from forum
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Word Origin and History for forensic
adj.
"pertaining to or suitable for courts of law," 1650s, from Latin forensis "of a forum, place of assembly," from forum "public place" (see forum). Used in sense of "pertaining to legal trials," as in forensic medicine (1845). Related: Forensical (1580s).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
forensic
(fə-rĕn′zĭk)- Relating to, used in, or appropriate for courts of law or for public discussion or argumentation.
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