Noun

(en noun)

The act of examining.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[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, […].}}

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

A formal test involving answering written or oral questions with no or limited access to text books or the like.