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inspection (iou) and Christ (as used in expressions) (sh)


inspection (iou)



inspection noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin inspectio(n-), formed as INSPECT verb: see -ION.]
Careful examination or scrutiny; spec. official examination; an instance of this. (Foll. by of, into, over, upon.) LME.
V. Brittain Our Matron came round..on a tour of inspection of our cubicles. J. A. Michener An inspection of the man's work forced him to recognize it as a superior job.
Insight, perception. Now rare or obsolete. E16.
A plan of a piece of ground etc. which has been inspected; a survey. L17-L18.
Comb.: inspection-car (chiefly US): used in inspecting a railway-track; inspection chamber a manhole; inspection cover a manhole cover.
inspectional adjective of or relating to inspection; spec. able to be understood at sight: E18.

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