Ex-ăm′ĭ-nā′tion, n.

n. [Lat. examinatio, Fr. examination, Pr. & Sp. examinacion, It. esaminazione.]

1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or a candidate for admission to the bar or ministry.

He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. Macaulay. Examination-in-chief (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by the party calling him. — Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party; re-examination, that made, by a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination. Syn. — Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection.