| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fo·ren·sic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f -r n s k, -zk |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Relating to, used in, or appropriate for courts of law or for public discussion or argumentation. 2. Of, relating to, or used in debate or argument; rhetorical. 3. Relating to the use of science or technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law: a forensic laboratory. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin for nsis, public, of a forum, from forum, forum. See dhwer- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | fo·rensi·cal·ly —ADVERB
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