forensics
Forensics is the science behind investigating crimes. Studying evidence left at a crime scene is one part of forensics.
Forensics can also be called forensic science. Whenever scientific methods — like fingerprint analysis — are applied to a criminal investigation, that's forensics. The word's Latin root is forensis, "in open court," and today much of the evidence uncovered by forensics is eventually presented in open court, as part of a legal case. Another meaning of forensics is "the formal art of debate." If you're interested in speech and debate, you might join your school's forensics team.
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scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes
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the art or study of formal debate and argumentationtype of:bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject fielda branch of knowledge
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Vocabulary lists containing forensics
After their father dies in a plane crash, two sisters who never met must come to terms with each other's existence.
Seventeen-year-old Greg Harris of New York's South Bronx must learn to work with others both on and off the basketball court to improve his game and his math grades.
When Stevie Bell is admitted to the exclusive Ellingham Academy, she hopes to solve the mystery of the famous crimes that took place at the school years ago. But then another murder takes place, and Stevie realizes that her life and the lives of her friends may depend on her sleuthing skills.