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inspection

noun
/ɪnˈspɛkʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin īnspectiō (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspiciō (“to inspect”), from speciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, inspect + -ion.

  1. derived from īnspectiō — “examination, inspection”
  2. derived from inspeccion

Definitions

  1. The act of examining something, often closely.

    • Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!
    • Trap doors are provided at various places in the floor to facilitate inspection and maintenance of the diesel equipment.
    • The NHRC conducted onsite inspections of Chienchen and Suao Fishing Harbors and held numerous seminars with industry, government, and academia representatives.

  2. An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

    • The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

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Derived

adspection, Fagan inspection, fire inspection, home inspection, inspectional, inspectioneer, inspectionism, inspectionist, inspection pit, obvious by inspection, postinspection, preinspection, reinspection, superinspection, ticket inspection, vehicle inspection

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inspection. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at inspection. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at inspection

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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