Library / English Dictionary

INSPECTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal or official examination

Example:

we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator

Synonyms:

inspection; review

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("inspection" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inspection"):

check; check-out procedure; checkout (the act of inspecting or verifying)

Derivation:

inspect (come to see in an official or professional capacity)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A description of the technique for the inspection of a subject or object.

(Examination Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Inspection of objects or surfaces requiring magnification using a scanning probe microscope.

(Device Scanning Probe Microscopy Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Inspection of objects or surfaces requiring magnification using a microscope e.g. with electron, optical, or scanning probe microscopy.

(Device Microscopic Inspection Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Inspection of objects or surfaces requiring magnification using an optical microscope.

(Device Optical Microscopy Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Accordingly, I took the jacket off, that I might learn to do without it; and carrying it under my arm, began a tour of inspection of the various slop-shops.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I answered by inviting him to accompany me on a general inspection of the result of my labours.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The negatives were open to the inspection of experts.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

'Careful examination of the actual inspection strategies used by animals might reveal that they often employ active scanning behaviors as shortcuts to simplify complex visual pattern discrimination tasks,'

(Scientists Discover Bees Can Count Using Only Four Brain Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Inspection of objects or surfaces requiring magnification using an electron microscope.

(Device Electron Microscopy Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

A systemic evaluation of the body and its functions using visual inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.

(Physical examination, NCI Thesaurus)