Definition of investigation

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Investigation (n.) The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist..

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Aerometric :: Aerometric (a.) Of or pertaining to aerometry; as, aerometric investigations..
Disquisitive :: Disquisitive (a.) Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.
Physiologize :: Physiologize (v. i.) To speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations.
Geologize :: Geologize (v. i.) To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist.
Virial :: Virial (n.) A certain function relating to a system of forces and their points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the investigation of problems in molecular physics..
Thermochemistry :: Thermochemistry (n.) That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions..
Spectroscopy :: Spectroscopy (n.) The use of the spectroscope; investigations made with the spectroscope.
Examination :: Examination (n.) The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment..
Botanize :: Botanize (v. i.) To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.
Evidence :: Evidence (n.) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it..
Information :: Information (v. t.) News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction..
Vivisection :: Vivisection (n.) The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations..
Expiscate :: Expiscate (v. t.) To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
Indagation :: Indagation (n.) Search; inquiry; investigation.
Microscopy :: Microscopy (n.) The use of the microscope; investigation with the microscope.
Inquisition :: Inquisition (n.) The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation..
Philology :: Philology (n.) The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science..
Quaere :: Quaere (v. imperative.) Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.
Organum :: Organum (n.) An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title (Novum Organon) of part of his treatise on philosophical method..
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