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excursion

[ik-skur-zhuhn, -shuhn]

Origin

California Excursion www.rei.com/Adventures Hiking and Climbing Trips. Death Valley, High Sierras Mt. Shasta.

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noun

a short trip or outing to some place, usually for a special purpose and with the intention of a prompt return: a pleasure excursion; a scientific excursion.

a trip on a train, ship, etc., at a reduced rate: weekend excursions to mountain resorts.

the group of persons making such a journey: an excursion of tourists.

a deviation or digression: excursions into futile philosophizing.

Physics. the displacement of a body or a point from a mean position or neutral value, as in an oscillation.

EXPAND

an accidental increase in the power level of a reactor, usually forcing its emergency shutdown.

Machinery.

the range of stroke of any moving part.

the stroke itself.

Obsolete. a sally or raid.

COLLAPSE

verb (used without object)

to go on or take an excursion.

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adjective

10.

of, pertaining to, or intended for use on excursions: an excursion fare; an excursion bus.

Origin:
1565–75; < Latin excursiōn- (stem of excursiō). See excursus, -ion

Related forms

ex·cur·sion·al, ex·cur·sion·ar·y, adjective

pre·ex·cur·sion, noun

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World English Dictionary

excursion (ɪkˈskɜːʃən, -ʒən)

—n
1.	a short outward and return journey, esp for relaxation, sightseeing, etc; outing
2.	a group of people going on such a journey
3.	(modifier) of or relating to special reduced rates offered on certain journeys by rail: an excursion ticket
4.	a digression or deviation; diversion: an excursion into politics
5.	(formerly) a raid or attack
6.	physics
	a. a movement from an equilibrium position, as in an oscillation
	b. the magnitude of this displacement
7.	the normal movement of a movable bodily organ or part from its resting position, such as the lateral movement of the lower jaw
8.	machinery the locus of a point on a moving part, esp the deflection of a whirling shaft

[C16: from Latin excursiō an attack, from excurrere to run out, from currere to run]

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Word Origin & History

excursion

1570s, "a deviation in argument," from L. excursionem (nom. excursio) "a running forth, excursion," from excursum, pp. of excurrere "run out," from ex- "out" + currere "to run" (see current). Sense of "journey" recorded in English by 1660s.

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