examination

noun

1. 1

   The act of examining.

   In a child with infant dyschezia, physical examination and stool examination are normal.

   [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].

   The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).

2. 2

   Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.

3. 3

   A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.

4. 4

   Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.

Forms

plural

examinations