Exploration

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exploration \Ex`plo*ra"tion\, n. [L. exploratio: cf. F.
     exploration.]
     The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for
     purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery;
     examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.)
     physical examination.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           "An exploration of doctrine."            --Bp. Hall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exploration
       n 1: to travel for the purpose of discovery [syn: {geographic
            expedition}]
       2: a careful systematic search
       3: a systematic consideration; "he called for a careful
          exploration of the consequences"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "exploration":
     adventure, analysis, domiciliary visit, dragnet, emprise, enquiry,
     examination, expedition, forage, frisk, house-search, hunt,
     hunting, inquiry, inspection, investigation, mission, observation,
     perquisition, pilgrimage, posse, probe, quest, ransacking, recce,
     recco, recon, reconnaissance, reconnoiter, reconnoitering,
     research, review, rummage, scouting, scrutiny, search,
     search party, search warrant, search-and-destroy operation,
     searching, stalk, stalking, still hunt, study, survey,
     turning over