The act or an instance of exploring or investigating

• exploration

  1. The act or an instance of exploring:
  2. An exploring or being explored

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  1. The act or an instance of exploring:
  2. An exploring or being explored

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• probe

  1. An instrumented spacecraft for exploring the upper atmosphere, space, or a celestial body in order to get information about the environment, physical properties, etc.
  2. The act of exploring or searching with a device or instrument:
  3. An exploratory action or expedition, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region:

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  1. An instrumented spacecraft for exploring the upper atmosphere, space, or a celestial body in order to get information about the environment, physical properties, etc.
  2. The act of exploring or searching with a device or instrument:
  3. An exploratory action or expedition, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region:

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• reconnaissance

  1. The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
  2. An inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information.

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  1. The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
  2. An inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information.

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A seeking of knowledge, data, or the truth about something

• inquest

  1. A judicial inquiry into a specified matter, such as a person's mental condition.
  2. (Law) An investigation conducted by a coroner, sometimes with the aid of a jury, into the cause of death of a person when the cause may be criminal.
  3. An investigation or inquiry:

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  1. A judicial inquiry into a specified matter, such as a person's mental condition.
  2. (Law) An investigation conducted by a coroner, sometimes with the aid of a jury, into the cause of death of a person when the cause may be criminal.
  3. An investigation or inquiry:

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• inquiry

  1. A close examination of a matter:
  2. An investigation or examination
  3. The act of inquiring:

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  1. A close examination of a matter:
  2. An investigation or examination
  3. The act of inquiring:

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• inquisition

  1. The act of inquiring into a matter; an investigation.
  2. The written finding of such an inquiry
  3. An investigation that violates the privacy or rights of individuals, especially through rigorous or harsh interrogation.

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  1. The act of inquiring into a matter; an investigation.
  2. The written finding of such an inquiry
  3. An investigation that violates the privacy or rights of individuals, especially through rigorous or harsh interrogation.

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• probe

  1. A slender flexible surgical instrument with a blunt bulbous tip, used to explore a wound or body cavity.
  2. An exploratory action or expedition, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region:
  3. An instrumented spacecraft for exploring the upper atmosphere, space, or a celestial body in order to get information about the environment, physical properties, etc.

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  1. A slender flexible surgical instrument with a blunt bulbous tip, used to explore a wound or body cavity.
  2. An exploratory action or expedition, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region:
  3. An instrumented spacecraft for exploring the upper atmosphere, space, or a celestial body in order to get information about the environment, physical properties, etc.

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• research

  1. (Uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
  2. Careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles
  3. (Countable) A particular instance or piece of research.

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  1. (Uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
  2. Careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles
  3. (Countable) A particular instance or piece of research.

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A close or systematic study

• analysis

  1. A spoken or written presentation of such study:
  2. (Chemistry) The separation of a substance into its constituent elements to determine either their nature (qualitative analysis) or their proportions (quantitative analysis).
  3. Any detailed examination

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  1. A spoken or written presentation of such study:
  2. (Chemistry) The separation of a substance into its constituent elements to determine either their nature (qualitative analysis) or their proportions (quantitative analysis).
  3. Any detailed examination

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• examination

  1. The act of examining or the state of being examined:
  2. A formal interrogation:
  3. An examining or being examined; investigation; inspection; checkup; scrutiny; inquiry; testing

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  1. The act of examining or the state of being examined:
  2. A formal interrogation:
  3. An examining or being examined; investigation; inspection; checkup; scrutiny; inquiry; testing

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• inspection

  1. The act of inspecting.
  2. Critical examination
  3. Official examination or review, as of troops

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  1. The act of inspecting.
  2. Critical examination
  3. Official examination or review, as of troops

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• review

  1. A magazine containing articles of criticism and appraisal, often in a specific field
  2. An inspection or examination for the purpose of evaluation.
  3. A general survey, report, or account

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  1. A magazine containing articles of criticism and appraisal, often in a specific field
  2. An inspection or examination for the purpose of evaluation.
  3. A general survey, report, or account

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• survey

  1. A general or comprehensive view:
  2. A document reporting the results of a survey.
  3. A careful inspection or appraisal:

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  1. A general or comprehensive view:
  2. A document reporting the results of a survey.
  3. A careful inspection or appraisal:

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