'Inspection' definitions:
Definition of 'inspection'
(from WordNet)
noun
A formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator" [syn: inspection, review]
Definition of 'Inspection'
From: GCIDE
- Inspection \In*spec"tion\, n. [L. inspectio: cf. F. inspection.]
- 1. The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- With narrow search, and with inspection deep, Considered every creature. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence. [1913 Webster]
- Trial by inspection (O. Eng. Law), a mode of trial in which the case was settled by the individual observation and decision of the judge upon the testimony of his own senses, without the intervention of a jury. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inspection'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accounting,
- analysis,
- application,
- automatic electronic navigation,
- boning,
- brainwork,
- braking,
- checkup,
- computation,
- conning,
- contemplation,
- coordination,
- cram,
- cramming,
- drill,
- engrossment,
- examination,
- exercise,
- extensive study,
- eyeball inspection,
- fact distribution,
- forecasts,
- grind,
- grinding,
- headwork,
- inquest,
- inquiry,
- inquisition,
- investigation,
- lucubration,
- manipulation,
- mental labor,
- nonlinear calibrations,
- ocular inspection,
- output measurement,
- overhaul,
- overhauling,
- oversight,
- overview,
- perlustration,
- perusal,
- practice,
- probe,
- processing,
- quality control,
- reading,
- record keeping,
- research,
- restudy,
- restudying,
- review,
- run-through,
- scan,
- scrutiny,
- steering,
- study,
- studying,
- subject,
- supersonic flow detection,
- supervision,
- surveillance,
- survey,
- swotting,
- the eye,
- vetting,
- view,
- visitation,
- visual examination,
- wide reading