object under investigation

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• investigation */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˌvestɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms investigation : singular investigation plural investigations the process of trying to find out all the details or facts about something in order to discover who or what caused it …   English dictionary

• object — ob•ject n. [[t]ˈɒb dʒɪkt, dʒɛkt[/t]] v. [[t]əbˈdʒɛkt[/t]] n. 1) anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form 2) a thing, person, or matter to which thought or action is directed: an object of investigation[/ex] 3) the end …   From formal English to slang

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• Agrippa the Sceptic — For other uses of this name, see Agrippa (disambiguation). Agrippa ( el. Ἀγρίππας) was a Sceptic philosopher who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century AD.Citation | last = Jowett | first = Benjamin | author link = Benjamin Jowett |… …   Wikipedia

• Münchhausen Trilemma — The Münchhausen Trilemma (after Baron Münchhausen, who allegedly pulled himself (and the horse he was sitting on) out of a swamp by his own hair), also called Agrippa s Trilemma (after Agrippa the Skeptic), is a philosophical term coined to… …   Wikipedia