Inspection

Noun

 * 1) Act of examining something, often closely.
 * Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!
 * 1) Organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
 * The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

Synonyms

 * examination
 * scrutiny

Adjectives for Inspection
immediate; rigid; bare; painstaking; periodic; cursory; cautious; personal.

Thesaurus
accounting, analysis, application, automatic electronic navigation, boning, brainwork, braking, checkup, computation, conning, contemplation, coordination, cram, cramming, drill, engrossment, examination, exercise, extensive study, eyeball inspection, fact distribution, forecasts, grind, grinding, headwork, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, lucubration, manipulation, mental labor, nonlinear calibrations, ocular inspection, output measurement, overhaul, overhauling, oversight, overview, perlustration, perusal, practice, probe, processing, quality control, reading, record keeping, research, restudy, restudying, review, run-through, scan, scrutiny, steering, study, studying, subject, supersonic flow detection, supervision, surveillance, survey, swotting, the eye, vetting, view, visitation, visual examination, wide reading

Etymology
From inspectio:.

Translations

 * Catalan: inspecció
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: inspekto
 * Finnish:, ,  ,


 * French:
 * Greek: εξέταση
 * Italian:, ,
 * Romanian: inspecționare, controlare
 * Spanish: inspección


 * Czech: inspekce
 * Dutch: inspectie, keuring
 * Finnish: tarkastusvirasto


 * Greek: επιθεώρηση
 * Italian:


 * : inspección

Related terms

 * inspect
 * inspector

Anagrams

 * cispontine, inceptions