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scru·ti·ny    Audio Help   [skroot-n-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -nies.
1.a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
2.surveillance; close and continuous watching or guarding.
3.a close and searching look.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L scrūtinium the action of searching, of scrutinizing, deriv. of scrūtārī to search]

1. See examination.
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scru·ti·ny    Audio Help   (skrōōt'n-ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. scru·ti·nies
  1. A close, careful examination or study.
  2. Close observation; surveillance.


[Middle English scrutinie, taking of a formal vote, from Latin scrūtinium, inquiry, search, from scrūtārī, to search, examine, from scrūta, trash.]

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scrutiny 
1415, "a vote to choose someone to decide a question," from L.L. scrutinium "a search, inquiry," from L. scrutari "to examine, search" (as through trash), from scruta (pl.) "trash, rags." Meaning "close examination" first recorded 1604.

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scrutiny

noun
1. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) [syn: examination
2. a prolonged intense look 

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scrutiny [ˈskruːtəni] noun
careful, detailed examination or inspection
Example: Famous people live their lives under continuous public scrutiny.
Arabic: تَفَحُّص
Chinese (Simplified): 仔细检查
Chinese (Traditional): 仔細檢查
Czech: bedlivá pozornost
Danish: granskning
Dutch: nauwkeurig toezicht
Estonian: järelevalve
Finnish: tarkkailu
French: examen minutieux
German: prüfender Blick
Greek: εξονυχιστικός έλεγχος, σχολαστική επιθεώρηση
Hungarian: alapos megvizsgálás
Icelandic: nákvæm athugun, *rannsókn
Indonesian: pengamatan
Italian: (esame minuzioso)
Japanese: せんさく
Korean: 면밀한 음미
Latvian: ciešs skatiens; rūpīga vērošana; apskate; pārbaude
Lithuanian: stebėjimas, tyrimas
Norwegian: gransking, saumfaring
Polish: dokładne badanie, baczna obserwacja
Portuguese (Brazil): exame minucioso
Portuguese (Portugal): fiscalização
Romanian: exa­minare minuţioasă
Russian: внимательное изучение
Slovak: dohľad, skúmavý pohľad
Slovenian: natančen pregled
Spanish: examen detallado, escrutinio, recuento
Swedish: noggrann undersökning, nära granskning
Turkish: dikkatli inceleme
See also: scrutinize, scrutinise

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Scrutiny

In*scru"ta*ble\, a. [L. inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not, and Scrutiny.] Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event.

'T is not in man To yield a reason for the will of Heaven Which is inscrutable. --Beau. & Fl.

Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. --De Quincey.
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Scrutiny

Scru"ti*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrutinized; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrutinizing.] [From Scrutiny.] To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals.

Whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize. --Ayliffe.

Those pronounced him youngest who scrutinized his face the closest. --G. W. Cable.
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