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inspection

[in-spek-shuh n]
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noun
  1. the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
  2. formal or official viewing or examination: an inspection of the troops.
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Origin of inspection

1350–1400; Middle English inspeccio(u)n < Latin inspectiōn- (stem of inspectiō). See inspect, -ion
Related formsin·spec·tion·al, adjectivepre·in·spec·tion, nounre·in·spec·tion, nounself-in·spec·tion, noun

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2. See examination.
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Word Origin and History for re-inspection

inspection

n.

late 14c., from Old French inspeccion "inspection, examination" (13c.), from Latin inspectionem (nominative inspectio) "a looking into," noun of action from past participle stem of inspicere "look into, inspect, examine," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + specere "to look" (see scope (n.1)).

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