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)
- 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.
(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, […]
- It [the judiciary] had been the forum before which the highest forensic discussions had been held, […]
(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
relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law
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relating to, or appropriate for courts of law
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relating to, or used in debate or argument
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Anagrams
conifers, fir-cones, forinsec, fornices, inforces