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FORENSIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does forensic mean?
• FORENSIC (adjective)
The adjective FORENSIC has 2 senses:
1. of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument
2. used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law
Familiarity information: FORENSIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument
Similar:
rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law
Context example:
forensic ballistics
Similar:
applied (concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles)
Context examples
In forensic medicine, the probes used are "core" sequences specific for simple tandem-repetitive sequences (minisatellite repeats or VNTRs).
(DNA Fingerprinting, NCI Thesaurus)
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