inspection

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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inspect (ɪnˈspɛkt)

—vb
1.	to examine closely, esp for faults or errors
2.	to scrutinize officially (a document, military personnel on ceremonial parade, etc)

[C17: from Latin inspicere, from specere to look]

in'spectable

—*adj*

in'spectingly

—*adv*

in'spection

—n

in'spectional

—*adj*

in'spective

—*adj*

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inspection

late 14c., from O.Fr. inspection, from L. inspectionem (nom. inspectio) "a looking into," from inspectus, pp. of inspicere "look into, inspect, examine," from in- "into" + specere "to look" (see scope (1)). Inspector "overseer, superintendent" is from c.1600; as a police ranking

between sergeant and superintendent, it dates from 1840.

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Computing Dictionary

inspection definition

testing
A formal evaluation technique in which software requirements, design, or code are examined in detail by a person or group other than the author to detect faults, violations of development standards, and other problems.
(1996-05-22)

Example sentences

Imported floral products are not subject to inspection for unregulated

pesticides and fungicides at the border.

Broad flagstones near the water's edge invite closer inspection.

Microscopic inspection of the abalone surfaces reveals markings from paint

mixing.

But that claim, along with a number of others, falls apart on close inspection.

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