Definition of Inspection

1. Noun. A formal or official examination. "We had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator"

Exact synonyms: Review
Specialized synonyms: Check, Check-out Procedure, Checkout
Generic synonyms: Examination, Scrutiny
Derivative terms: Inspect, Review

Definition of Inspection

1. n. The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.

Definition of Inspection

1. Noun. Act of examining something, often closely. ¹

2. Noun. Organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inspection

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inspection

insourced
insources
insourcing
inspan
inspanned
inspanning
inspans
inspect
inspectability
inspectable
inspected
inspecter
inspecters
inspecting
inspectingly
inspection
inspection and repair
inspection pit
inspectional
inspections
inspective
inspector
inspector general
inspectorate
inspectorates
inspectorial
inspectors
inspectorship
inspectorships

Literary usage of Inspection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"While the national Supreme Court follows the decision of the state's highest court as to meaning of a state Oil Inspection Law, the name given the statute ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Some results of English factory legislation and Inspection; by deputy, inspector Mrs. FB ... Mich, factory inspection and labor statistics; by LS Russell, ..."

3. Bulletin by National Electric Light Association (1911)
"The only inspection made by the Underwriters are those which they consider special. ... There is no inspection charge made in this city by the Fire ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"1, 62 SW 828, as requiring only an inspection of the mash at the brewery, since [84]the actual inspection of the beer 'would require the opening of each ..."

5. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1915)
"Medical Inspection in the Schools The Children's Point of View SAMUEL C. LIND, ... LTHOUGH medical inspection of school children has existed for many years, ..."

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