What is the difference between forensic and forensics?
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Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
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, title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?
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* 1996 , 8 June, Bill Clinton, ,
(dated) Relating to, or appropriate for courts of law.
* 1885 , , The Life of Abraham Lincoln , ,
(archaic) Relating to, or used in debate or argument.
* 1851 , (Edward Shepherd Creasy), (The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World) , ,
Forensics is a derived term of forensic.
Forensics is a related term of forensic.
As an adjective forensic
is relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.As a noun forensics is
the study of formal debate; rhetoric.forensic
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Alternative forms
* forensick (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- Fire investigators and forensic chemists are combing through fire sites [the , interviewing witnesses, and following leads.
- It [the judiciary] had been the forum before which the highest forensic discussions had been held,
- Varus trusted implicitly to the interest which they affected to take in the forensic eloquence of their conquerors.
