forensic

  • 11forensic — [[t]fəre̱nsɪk[/t]] forensics 1) ADJ: ADJ n Forensic is used to describe the work of scientists who examine evidence in order to help the police solve crimes. They were convicted on forensic evidence alone... Forensic experts searched the area for …

    English dictionary

  • 12forensic — I. adjective Etymology: Latin forensis public, forensic, from forum forum Date: 1659 1. belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate 2. argumentative, rhetorical 3. relating to or dealing with the… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13forensic — /fəˈrɛnsɪk / (say fuh rensik), / zɪk/ (say zik) adjective 1. relating to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate. 2. adapted or suited to argumentation; argumentative. 3. applied to the process of collecting… …

  • 14forensic — fo|ren|sic [fəˈrensık, zık] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: forensis of a court or forum , from forum; FORUM] relating to the scientific methods used for finding out about a crime forensic evidence/science/medicine etc ▪ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15forensic — fo|ren|sic [ fə renzık ] adjective 1. ) relating to the use of scientific methods to solve crimes and to find out who committed them: Forensic experts searched the house. forensic evidence: They have come up with new forensic evidence. 2. )… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16forensic — UK [fəˈrensɪk] / US [fəˈrenzɪk] adjective 1) relating to the use of scientific methods to solve crimes and to find out who committed them Forensic experts searched the house. forensic evidence: His defence team had come up with new forensic… …

    English dictionary

  • 17forensic — fo•ren•sic [[t]fəˈrɛn sɪk[/t]] adj. 1) law pertaining to or used in courts of law or in public debate 2) adapted or suited to argumentation; rhetorical 3) of, pertaining to, or involved with forensic medicine or forensic anthropology: forensic… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18forensic — adjective (only before noun) connected with the methods used for finding out who is guilty of a crime : forensic science/medicine etc: A specialist in forensic science was called as a witness. | forensic evidence (=blood, hair, fingerprints etc,… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19forensic — adjective /fəˈrɛn.sɪk,fɒˈrɛn.sɪk,fəˈrɛn.zɪk/ a) Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law. Fire investigators and forensic chemists are combing through fire sites… …

    Wiktionary

  • 20forensic — Pertaining to or connected with courts of law. Thus forensic medicine is medicine in its relation to law. In the Essay, Bk. II. 27, Locke describes ‘person’ as a forensic term, meaning that the point of describing something as a person, or… …

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