 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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" [syn: {review}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inspection \In*spec"tion\, noun [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.
With narrow search, and with inspection deep,
Considered every creature. --Milton.
2. The act of overseeing; official examination or
superintendence.
{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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "inspection":
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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
inspection
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)
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