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ex·cur·sion    Audio Help   (ĭk-skûr'zhən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing.
  2. A roundtrip on a passenger vehicle at a special low fare.
  3. A group taking a short pleasure trip together.
  4. A diversion or deviation from a main topic; a digression.
  5. Physics
    1. A movement from and back to a mean position or axis in an oscillating or alternating motion.
    2. The distance traversed in such a movement.


[Latin excursiō, excursiōn-, from excursus, past participle of excurrere, to run out : ex-, ex- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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