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Dictionary: check·list   (chĕk'lĭst') pronunciation
 
n.

A list of items to be noted, checked, or remembered.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted


 
Wikipedia: Checklist
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A checklist is used as an aid to memory. It helps to ensure consistency and completeness in carrying out a task. A basic example is the "to do list." A more advanced checklist would be a schedule, which lays out tasks to be done according to time of day or other factors.

Applications

  • a popular tool for tracking sports card collections. Randomly inserted in packs, checklist cards provide information on the contents of sports card set.
  • a tool that is used as a human factors aid in aviation safety to ensure that a long list of items are not forgotten.
  • use in medical practice to ensure that clinical practice guidelines are followed.
  • used in quality assurance of software engineering, to check process compliance, code standardization and error prevention, and others.
  • often used in industry in operations procedures.
  • can aid in mitigating claims of negligence in public liability claims by providing evidence of a risk management system being in place.
  • an ornithological checklist, a list of birds with standardized names that helps ornithologists communicate with the public without the use of scientific names in Latin.

Format

Checklists are presented as lists with small checkboxes down the left hand side of the page. A small tick or checkmark is drawn in the box after the item has been completed.

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Translations: Checklist
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kontrolliste

Nederlands (Dutch)
checklist, controlelijst

Français (French)
n. - (Aviat) check-list, liste de contrôle, liste de vérification

Deutsch (German)
n. - Checkliste, Verzeichnis

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ευρετηριασμένος κατάλογος, κατάλογος αναφοράς, κατάσταση διενέργειας ελέγχων

Italiano (Italian)
lista di controllo, inventario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - catalogação (f), lista (f) de verificação

Русский (Russian)
перечень

Español (Spanish)
n. - lista de chequeo, catálogo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - checklista

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
核对用的清单, 投票人名册

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 核對用的清單, 投票人名冊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대조표, 점검표

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 照合表, チェックリスト, 選挙人名簿, 目録

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قائمه تدقيق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רשימה, קטלוג‬


 
 

 

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