physical evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalandevidence
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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evidence
noun[U]
uk/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofphysical evidence
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Physicalevidenceof racial differentiation had to wait until the boom of the 1890s provided sufficient taxation to implement segregated public services.
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A minimum in the curve of electrical conductivity is found and somephysicalevidencefor its appearance is produced.
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Here buildings have been dated on the basis of archival documents and analysed in terms of theirphysicalevidence.
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In some cases, this might include noting activities for which littlephysicalevidencesurvives, but for which there is a strong inference potential.
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If a behaviour leaves nophysicalevidence, we can't see it.
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She complains that among the ' key issues ' sometimes overlooked is the fact that ' there is nophysicalevidenceof such a law ' (p. 169).
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Scrutiny of the relationship between such accounts and the visual orphysicalevidencefrequently reveals a wide gap between intention and result.
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At other sites there wasphysicalevidenceof historical events.
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However, there is nophysicalevidenceof relationships on record.
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This is seen as a more directly relevant context for assessingphysicalevidencethan is the application of theories of global capitalist systems.
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There was nophysicalevidenceof injury from the pulse oximeter.
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Even in the face ofphysicalevidence, he insisted that he was a good father who did not harm his wife or children.
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Desirable as this may be, though, no directphysicalevidenceexists in support of this claim.
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Thus,physicalevidenceof a mechanism of retention was critical.
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Physicalevidenceof the movement of inanimate property might be less easy to come across.
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At least three of the 15 abandoned nests were very recently abandoned, with some remainingphysicalevidenceof recent ant activity.
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Natural philosophers have maintained that fossils are sports of nature, productions of the earth; but thephysicalevidenceproves that they are the remains of formerly living creatures.
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Recent injecting drug use was verified by bothphysicalevidence(' track ' marks - superficial vein thrombophlebitis) and by asking the participant the process of injecting the drug.
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The prosecution, if it is savvy, will adduce evidence in the form of testimony or documents orphysicalevidencefor every key part of its theory.
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