"fact-finding" meaning in English

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        "The determination of factual information."
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        {
          "alt": "じつじょうちょうさ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jitsujōchōsa",
          "sense": "determination of factual information",
          "word": "実情調査"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "determination of factual information",
          "word": "apuração"
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  "word": "fact-finding"
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          "text": "In July, South Western Railway and Network Rail ran a one-off Class 159 to Fawley, to demonstrate the line's viability. [...] A second 'fact-finding' trial passenger train for DfT officials is now proposed.",
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        "Designed to determine factual information; investigative."
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʿastahavakʿ",
          "sense": "designed to determine factual information",
          "word": "փաստահավաք"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "designed to determine factual information",
          "word": "conoscitivo"
        }
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  "word": "fact-finding"
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      "alt": "じつじょうちょうさ",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "jitsujōchōsa",
      "sense": "determination of factual information",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "determination of factual information",
      "word": "apuração"
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  ],
  "word": "fact-finding"
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      "roman": "pʿastahavakʿ",
      "sense": "designed to determine factual information",
      "word": "փաստահավաք"
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      "sense": "designed to determine factual information",
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  "word": "fact-finding"
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