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ESDA test

ESDA test noun: a nondestructive forensic technique used to reveal hidden or indented writing on paper.

Noun

ESDA test (plural ESDA tests)

  1. A nondestructive forensic technique used to reveal hidden or indented writing on paper.
    • On 3 January 1991 the long awaited reply from the RUC with regard to the ESDA tests was at last received.1990, Ian Paisley (Jr.), Reasonable Doubt, The Case for the UDR Four, page 138
    • In one case an ESDA test showed that the police had tampered with eight to ten pages of interview notes, but the judge nevertheless accepted the police's word as to their veracity; to make matters worse, by the time the case came on for appeal the ESDA exhibits had mysteriously disappeared.1999, Clive Walker, Keir Starmer (editors), Miscarriages of Justice, A Review of Justice in Error, page 297

Examples of ESDA test in a sentence

  • It underwent an ESDA test for indented handwriting from the previous page.2002, David L. Distel, The Sweater Letter, page 158:
  • When the ESDA test came in, which allows you to determine if hand-written documents have been altered, we found out just how prone to fake statements the police are.2015 June 25, Malcolm McMahon, “Police Under Attack!!!”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

Forms of ESDA test

pluralESDA tests

Origin of ESDA test

From ESDA (“electrostatic detection apparatus”) + test.

Questions about ESDA test

What does ESDA test mean?
ESDA test means a nondestructive forensic technique used to reveal hidden or indented writing on paper.
How do you use ESDA test in a sentence?
It underwent an ESDA test for indented handwriting from the previous page.
What part of speech is ESDA test?
ESDA test is a noun.
What is the plural of ESDA test?
The plural of ESDA test is ESDA tests.

Words near ESDA test in the dictionary

  1. Escutia
  2. Escutias
  3. ESD
  4. Esd.
  5. ESDA
  6. ESDA test
  7. ESDA tests
  8. Esdaile
  9. Esdaile state
  10. Esdaile states
  11. Esdale

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