chain of evidence
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A series of related facts that together point to a specific conclusion, although taken individually they would be inconclusive.
Example Sentences
- "which are so many joint proofs of these witnesses integrity, and makes an [sic] chain of evidence and moral demonstration both against Error in themselves and delusion in relation to others […]"
- "All these recollections presented to Ferdinand a chain of evidence too powerful to be resisted, and he could not doubt that the spirit of the dead had for once been permitted to revisit the earth, and to call down vengeance on the descendants of the murderer."
- "[…] he wished the public mind to rest satisfied, before the sentence was executed, that no link was wanting in the chain of evidence against the prisoner."
- "Climate change has disrupted this system. For the scientific record, we want to get to the bottom of that as best we can, before events of this winter destroy a beautiful species and the chain of evidence we might use for tracking its demise."