Probe

5 definitions found

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

  Probe \Probe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Probed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Probing}.] [L. probare to try, examine. See {Prove}.]
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     1. To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the
        body, with a probe.
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     2. Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine
        thoroughly. --Dryden.
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              The growing disposition to probe the legality of all
              acts, of the crown.                   --Hallam.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Probe \Probe\, n. (Surg.)
     An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances
     of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of
     for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc.
     --Parr.
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     {Probe scissors}, or {Probe-pointed scissors} (Surg.),
        scissors used to open wounds, the blade of which, to be
        thrust into the orifice, has a button at the end.
        --Wiseman.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  probe
       n 1: an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities;
            "there was a congressional probe into the scandal" [syn:
             {investigation}]
       2: a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore
          wounds or body cavities
       3: an exploratory action or expedition
       4: an investigation conducted using a probe instrument
       v 1: question or examine thoroughly and closely [syn: {examine}]
       2: examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an
          anthill" [syn: {dig into}, {poke into}]

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

  213 Moby Thesaurus words for "probe":
     ATDA, ATS, Alouette, Anna, Apollo, Ariel, Atlas-Score,
     Biosatellite, Comsat, Cosmos, Courier, Diapason, Discoverer, ERS,
     Early Bird, Echo, Elektron, Explorer, GATV, Gemini, Injun,
     Intelsat, LPN, Lofti, Luna, Lunar Orbiter, Lunik, Mariner,
     Mars probes, Mercury, Midas, Nimbus, OAO, OGO, OSO, Pageos,
     Pegasus, Pioneer, Proton, RN, Ranger, Relay, Samos, San Marco,
     Secor, Sputnik, Surveyor, Syncom, Telstar, Transit, Vanguard,
     Viking, Voskhod, WRESAT, Zond, amassing evidence, appraise,
     appreciate, artificial satellite, artificial satellites, assay,
     assess, barometer, calculate, calibrate, caliper, charge nurse,
     check a parameter, close inquiry, communications satellite,
     compute, delve into, delving, department of investigation,
     detection, detective work, dial, dig, dig into, district nurse,
     divide, domiciliary visit, dragnet, enquiry, estimate, evaluate,
     examination, examine, exhaustive study, exploration, explore,
     fathom, feel out, feeler, fly a kite, forage, frisk, gauge,
     geo probe, geodetic satellite, geophysical satellite, go, go into,
     graduate, graduate nurse, hearing, house-search, hunt, hunting,
     indagate, indagation, inquest, inquiry, inquisition,
     instrument carrier, investigate, investigation,
     investigative bureau, legislative investigation, legwork,
     licensed practical nurse, look into, measure, mensurate, mete,
     meter, navigational satellite, nurse, nursing sister, pace,
     peer into, perquisition, perscrutation, pilot balloon, plumb, poke,
     poke around, poke into, posse, practical nurse, private-duty nurse,
     prize, probationer, probationist, probing, prod, pry into,
     public health nurse, quantify, quantize, quest, random sample,
     ransacking, rate, read, reconnoiter, registered nurse,
     registering rocket, research, research rocket, research satellite,
     robot satellite, rummage, sample, satellite, school nurse,
     scrub nurse, scrutinize, scrutiny, search, search into,
     search party, search warrant, search-and-destroy operation,
     searching, sift, sifting, sister, size, size up, sleuthing, sound,
     sound out, sounder, space probe, space satellite, spacecraft, span,
     sputnik, stalk, stalking, step, still hunt, straw vote,
     student nurse, study, surgical nurse, survey, take a reading,
     test rocket, trained nurse, trial balloon, triangulate,
     turning over, unmanned satellite, valuate, value, visiting nurse,
     weather satellite, weather vane, weathercock, weigh, witch-hunt
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Probe
       
          An {object-oriented} {logic language} based on {ObjVlisp}.
       
          ["Proposition d'une Extension Objet Minimale pour Prolog",
          Actes du Sem Prog en Logique, Tregastel (May 1987),
          pp. 483-506].