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check·list

 (chĕk′lĭst′)
n.
A list of items to be noted, checked, or remembered.
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checklist

(ˈtʃɛkˌlɪst)
n
a list of items, facts, names, etc, to be checked or referred to for comparison, identification, or verification
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check•list

(ˈtʃɛkˌlɪst)

n.
1. Also, check′ list`. a list of items for comparison, verification, or other checking purposes.
v.t.
2. to place on a checklist.
[1850–55, Amer.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.checklist - a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consultedchecklist - a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted
list, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
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Translations

checklist

[ˈtʃeklɪst] Nlista f de control (con la que se coteja algo)
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checklist

[ˈtʃɛklɪst] nliste f de contrôlecheck mark n (US) (= tick) → coche f
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checklist

[ˈtʃɛkˌlɪst] nlista di controllo
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Utilization of surgical safety checklists by urological surgeons in Germany: A nationwide prospective survey.
A comprehensive quality assurance program for personnel and procedures in radiation oncology: value of voluntary error reporting and checklists. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.
The CAFR Program's long checklists contain myriad requirements and recommendations that pave the road to excellence, illustrating that much is involved in meeting the highest standards of transparency and accountability.
[9] investigated the effect of surgical safety checklists at 101 hospitals.
In the market survey article on electronic checklists (August 2016 Aviation Consumer) I concluded that the checklist utilities in panel-mounted avionics and most EFBs were no better--possibly worse--than paper checklists in terms of effort to use them.
For me, it was as I said in the article--I'd gotten spoiled by a challenge-response verbal system with a copilot and I wasn't making sufficient use of traditional text checklists (paper or otherwise) in the air.
CAP releases 2017 Laboratory Accreditation Program checklists to improve laboratory quality.
The simple answer to why we use checklists is that humans are forgetful and aircraft systems are complex.
This book contains a set of checklists for each of the topics in a criminal procedure course, from incorporation and retroactivity to entrapment.