forensic






Contents






  • 1 English


    • 1.1 Alternative forms


    • 1.2 Etymology


    • 1.3 Pronunciation


    • 1.4 Adjective


      • 1.4.1 Synonyms


      • 1.4.2 Derived terms


      • 1.4.3 Related terms


      • 1.4.4 Translations




    • 1.5 Anagrams







English


WOTD – 3 September 2008


Alternative forms



  • forensick (obsolete)


Etymology


From Latin forēnsis (of the forum, public), from forum (forum, marketplace).



Pronunciation




  • IPA(key): /fəˈɹɛn.zɪk/, /fəˈɹɛn.sɪk/


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Adjective


forensic (not comparable)



  1. Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.


    • 2012 August 21, Pilkington, Ed, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian[1]:
      In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.



    • 1996, 8 June, Bill Clinton, Weekly Presidential radio Address,
      Fire investigators [] and forensic chemists are combing through fire sites [the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing], interviewing witnesses, and following leads.





  2. (dated) Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law.

    • 1885, Isaac N. Arnold, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Chapter VIII,
      It [the judiciary] had been the forum before which the highest forensic discussions had been held, []




  3. (archaic) Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.

    • 1851, Edward Shepherd Creasy, The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World, Chapter V,
      Varus trusted implicitly [] to the interest which they affected to take in the forensic eloquence of their conquerors.





Synonyms




  • (Related or appropriate for a court of law): legal


  • (Related or used in debate and argumentation): rhetorical



Derived terms





  • antiforensic

  • cyberforensic

  • forensic accountancy

  • forensic accountant

  • forensic accounting

  • forensical

  • forensically

  • forensicate

  • forensic biology

  • forensic engineering

  • forensicist

  • forensic linguistics

  • forensic medicine

  • forensics

  • forensic science



 



Related terms



  • forensal

  • forensive



Translations






Anagrams



  • conifers, fir-cones, forinsec, fornices, inforces



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