Definition of forensic
1 : belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate a lawyer's forensic skills
2 : argumentative, rhetorical forensic eloquence
3 : relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems forensic medicine forensic science forensic pathologist forensic experts
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The BCA said forensic testing is being completed and evidence is still being examined.
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The BCA said forensic testing is being completed and evidence is still being examined.
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Strong points: Cold Case Files isn’t joking around: thanks to Gittings’s matter-of-fact tone, we’re introduced to the crime, the people affected, and the chain of forensic command swiftly, with each episode wrapping up in about 30 minutes.
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In the documentary, that photo is subjected to facial-recognition and other forensic testing, such as torso measurements.
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That would bring an indisputable forensic conclusion to one of the greatest and most contentious mysteries in aviation history.
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A forensic evaluation found the casings from the murder scene matched those of the 9mm gun taken from Camacho, according to the District Attorney’s Office, Pringle was taken into custody on Sunday.
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Late last October, Johnny Depp sat for dinner with two forensic accountants and his business manager of six months, Ed White, in the bucolic backyard of White’s house, in Bel Air, California.
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To reach that conclusion, History consulted two independent forensic analysts, who both identified the missing pilot in the photograph.
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The noun forensic, meaning “an argumentative exercise” derives from the adjective forensic, whose earliest meaning in English is “belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts or to public discussion and debate.” The English word was derived from a Latin word forensic meaning “of the market place or form, public,” which in turn comes from the Latin word forum, meaning “market place, forum.”
Origin and Etymology of forensic
Latin forensis public, forensic, from forum forum
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Definition of forensic
1 : an argumentative exercise
2 forensics plural in form but singular or plural in construction : the art or study of argumentative discourse
3 forensics plural in form but singular or plural in construction : the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems; especially : scientific analysis of physical evidence (as from a crime scene)
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The CSI class, was taught by Barry Vecchioni, a retired FBI agent who now trains other federal and local partners in forensics, and Wade Dudley, member of the FBI’s evidence response team.
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The body was taken to forensics to determine an accurate cause of death.
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Local journalists reported Friday that forensics teams were again searching inside the building and in garbage bins outside.
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Authorities cordoned off the area, and forensics experts were investigating the scene for evidence.
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THE PLAYERS Forensics, though, will only get investigators so far.
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Gonzales, a Carlsbad resident, is active in forensics at San Dieguito Academy, was active in the YMCA Youth and Government program, and the Model United Nations Club.
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In addition to learning about the SWAT team, the students were also introduced to K-9 units, forensics and the firearms training simulator.
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A crucial element of the forensics is a catalog of objects found with the bodies, their condition a register of the heat of the firefront.
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Origin and Etymology of forensic
see 1forensic
FORENSIC Defined for English Language Learners
forensic
playDefinition of forensic for English Language Learners
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: relating to the use of scientific knowledge or methods in solving crimes
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: relating to, used in, or suitable to a court of law
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of forensic
: relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems especially in regard to criminal evidence a forensic pathologist forensic experts … a forensic technique of DNA analysis allows for the determination of whether a subject with a specific genetic profile has contributed to aggregate genomic data.—Kathy L. Hudson, The New England Journal of Medicine, 15 Sept. 2011
Law Dictionary
forensic
playLegal Definition of forensic
1 : belonging to, used in, or suitable to the courts or to public discussion and debate
2 : relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge (as of medicine or linguistics) to legal problems forensic pathology forensic experts
forensically
adverbOrigin and Etymology of forensic
Latin forensis public, forensic, from forum forum
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