invigilation

English

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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

invigilation (countable and uncountable, plural invigilations)

The act of watching or invigilating.
- 1963 May, R. K. Evans, “Development of un-manned trains by London Transport”, in Modern Railways, page 342:
  (Despite present-day "fail-safe" electronic equipment no railway authority will risk operating main-line passenger-carrying trains without human invigilation.)

Translations

act of invigilating

Danish: testning c, afprøvning c
Polish: inwigilacja (pl) f

References

“invigilation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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