"forensics" meaning in English

See forensics in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fəˈɹɛn.zɪks/
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *dʰwór-o- Proto-Italic *θworom Proto-Italic *fworom Proto-Italic *forom Latin forum Latin -ēnsis Latin forēnsis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English forensic Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ms Proto-Indo-European *-omsder. Proto-Germanic *-anzder.? Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂m̥s Proto-Germanic *-ōz Proto-Germanic *-ōsder.? Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English forensics From forensic + -s. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|forensic|-s<id:pluralia tantum>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *dʰwór-o- Proto-Italic *θworom Proto-Italic *fworom Proto-Italic *forom Latin forum Latin -ēnsis Latin forēnsis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. 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Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English forensic Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ms Proto-Indo-European *-omsder. Proto-Germanic *-anzder.? Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂m̥s Proto-Germanic *-ōz Proto-Germanic *-ōsder.? Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English forensics From forensic + -s. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} forensics (uncountable)
  1. The study of formal debate; rhetoric. Tags: uncountable
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  2. A type of rhetoric or debate society or club, particularly one affiliated with a school. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-forensics-en-noun-oziZs0DX
  3. Forensic science. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-forensics-en-noun-D1muCyU-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antiforensics, atomic forensics, bioforensics, cyberforensics, digital forensics, geoforensics, nuclear forensics, phytoforensics Related terms: forensic
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      "ipa": "/fəˈɹɛn.zɪks/"
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}

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