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check, scrutiny, study, view, examination, investigation, review, survey, appraisal, frisk, parade, probe

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in⋅spec⋅tion

[in-spek-shuh

–noun

1.	the act of inspecting or viewing, esp. carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.

2.	formal or official viewing or examination: an inspection of the troops.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME inspeccio(u)n < L inspectiōn- (s. of inspectiō). See inspect, -ion

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in·spec·tion (ĭn-spěk'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act of inspecting.
Official examination or review, as of barracks or troops.

in·spec'tion·al adj.

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inspection

1390, 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 1602; as a police ranking between sergeant and superintendent, it dates from 1840.

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inspection
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"

inspection 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)