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f-uh-RENS-ik/fəˈrensɪk/

Forensic means using scientific methods to investigate crime or, by extension, a rigorously detailed examination: forensic evidence, a forensic audit, a forensic reading of a CSV. Scientific is wider; legal is the court setting; casual sits opposite. Do not let charisma replace opening the file.

Meaning

Using scientific methods to investigate; also rigorously detailed (a forensic reading).

Examples

• “A forensic read of the CSV beat a charismatic chair.”
• “Scientific is everyday-academic and wider. Pathological in forensics is the mortuary sense. A vibe in the room is not a method. Rows that fail to join are the evidence. Open the sheet; then the speeches.”

Good to know

Scientific / rigorously detailed investigation. Wider: scientific. Contrast: a casual glance; charisma. Open the CSV.

Near in meaning

scientific

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