exploration
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English
Etymology
From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio Morphologically explore + -ation
Pronunciation
Noun
exploration (countable and uncountable, plural explorations)
- The process of exploring.
- The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
- The exploration of unknown areas was often the precursor to colonization.
- The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
- (medicine) A physical examination of a patient.
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Translations
act of exploring
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penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
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geological (mineral) exploration
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physical examination — see physical examination
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
exploration f (plural explorations)
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Further reading
- “exploration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.