different between inspection vs preflight

English

Alternative forms

• inspexion (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin ?nspecti? (“examination, inspection”), from the verb ?nspici? (“I inspect”), from speci? (“I look at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?sp?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

inspection (countable and uncountable, plural inspections)

1. The act of examining something, often closely.

   Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!

2. An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

   The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

Synonyms

• examination
• scrutiny

Related terms

• inspect
• inspector

Translations

Anagrams

• cispontine, inceptions

French

Etymology

From Old French inspeccion, from Latin inspecti? (“examination, inspection”), from the verb inspect? (“I inspect”), from spect? (“I observe, I watch”), frequentative of speci? (“I look at”).

Pronunciation

Noun

inspection f (plural inspections)

1. inspection (act of examining something, often closely)

Further reading

• “inspection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

pre- +? flight

Adjective

preflight (not comparable)

1. Taking place before the start of a flight.
2. (computing) Serving to confirm that requests can be accepted, before sending an actual request.

   a CORS preflight request

Noun

preflight (plural preflights)

1. An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.

Verb

preflight (third-person singular simple present preflights, present participle preflighting, simple past and past participle preflighted)

1. To perform an inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.