exploration
English
Etymology
From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio Morphologically explore + -ation
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ĕks’plərā′shən, IPA(key): /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
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
- IPA(key): /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Derived terms
Related terms
- explorateur m
- exploratif
Further reading
- “exploration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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