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[ek-spluh-rey-shuhn]

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noun

an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.

the investigation of unknown regions.

Origin:
1535–45; < Latin explōrātiōn- (stem of explōrātiō) an examination, equivalent to explōrāt(us) searched out, examined (past participle of explōrāre to explore) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

re·ex·plo·ra·tion, noun

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Abdominal exploration is surgery to examine the contents of the abdomen.

Libraries are central to learning, building communities, and promoting research and intellectual exploration.

It used its profits from those businesses to fund new ventures in exploration and production.

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Abdominal exploration is surgery to examine the contents of the abdomen.

Libraries are central to learning, building communities, and promoting research and intellectual exploration.

It used its profits from those businesses to fund new ventures in exploration and production.

Then, in its climatic chapter, the story reveals exclusive footage of this remarkable undersea exploration.

These are incredibly exciting times for space exploration.

Get updated on the potential for commercial space exploration.

Look at it on a map and you get lost in a tangle of islands and inlets, each worthy of weeks' exploration.

The future of space exploration is for robots and people.

It did not represent a firm commitment by society to open-ended space exploration.

The job market seems to demand increasing specialization, leaving less time for intellectual exploration.

Over the past few years, though, manned space exploration has come back onto the agenda.

Your purchases help support our mission of research, education, conservation and exploration.

Traditional sources of capital for exploration and new mine development are difficult to come by given the financial crisis.

Museum educators will explain how to use the kit before exploration begins.

The winding walkway invites exploration of more of this casual low-water landscape.

Like many of his kind, he's lost a marriage to exploration.

Lowrie, head of exploration and production, to presidentMr.

Bishop walked out is worthy of some further exploration.

The author of article argues that robots are better suited for space exploration than humans.

Just look at how much our exploration has stalled, over the last few decades, and you will get a glimpse of our future.

We need to focus on how best to make the transition from the space shuttle to the space station to space exploration.

Established truths are comforting, but it is the mysteries that make the soul ache and render a life of exploration worth living.

Thank you for making us all aware of the true nature of exploration.

For nearly half a century, the government has held a monopoly on manned space exploration.

My exploration turns up other small mammals and birds that live among the rocks in the hills and valleys.

Space and exploration can be an exciting idea, especially to young people.

In many ways, their world is defined through their nose, and it is fun to watch it move in exploration.

Perhaps this is a relationship that merits more thoughtful exploration.

Nor did it appeal to my sense of adventure and exploration.

They also agree space exploration has long-term benefits spanning nations:.

What has blocked exploration until now has been the confused borders left behind by former colonial powers.

What questions should this exploration seek to answer, and what areas of the moon.

Natural gas exploration has attracted several energy companies recently.

The head of exploration for a super-major thinks that within five years the industry will see another big wave of consolidation.

Browse the adventure and exploration photos in our archive-each one ready to be downloaded as wallpaper.

Squyres and his team are showing how to conduct robotic missions--and setting the stage for human exploration.

Exploration lets us find out whether both of these are possible.

Human space exploration is too expensive and provides too little return.

College is also a good time to explore, but such exploration is best wrapped around a solid core.

It's a fascinating exploration of the organization, from.

Ultimately, this technological breakthrough would usher in the age of exploration and of empire building.

Our final message is that career exploration is not a process that any one person or office alone can do for you.

Guided tours showcase flight, exploration and the universe.

The public programs for exploration ought to be dedicated to those technical limitations that have yet to be conquered.

Social context is obviously key to any serious exploration of the case, and will be a focal point of the conference.

Space exploration has the potential to transcend nationalism.

My exploration of nonacademic careers began with a combination of fear and deservedness.

Quietly revolutionizing the theater community with her exploration of concepts of plagiarism in modern drama.

Now that the craft have begun an eight-year exploration of the sun's far.

Simply becoming more aware of these different vocal qualities opens up a pathway for new learning and exploration.

Some say melting ice will expose land for oil drilling, mineral exploration and food production.

Space exploration isn't the only application the roboflies are slated to perform.

Ryan wrote an in-depth exploration of how you can use the popular task management app to manage academic life.

Companies and nations are champing at the bit to expand exploration as the ice caps melt.

Universities must create a spirit of inquiry and exploration and lead-follow-or-get-out-of-the-wayism.

Prospectors learned how to divert water to expose the river bed for exploration.

All the joy of learning and the excitement of exploration has been sapped out of.

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World English Dictionary

exploration (ˌɛkspləˈreɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act or process of exploring
2.	med examination of an organ or part for diagnostic purposes
3.	an organized trip into unfamiliar regions, esp for scientific purposes; expedition

exploratory

—*adj*

ex'plorative

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

exploration

1540s, from M.Fr. exploration and directly from L. explorationem (nom. exploratio), from explorare (see explore).

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Medical Dictionary

exploration ex·plo·ra·tion (ěk'splə-rā'shən)
n.
An active examination, usually involving endoscopy or a surgical procedure, to determine conditions present as an aid in diagnosis.

ex·plor'a·to'ry (ĭk-splôr'ə-tôr'ē) adj.

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"Exploration belongs to the Renaissance, travel to the bourgeois age, tourism to our proletarian moment. ... The explorer seeks the undiscovered, the traveler that which has been discovered by the mind working in history,the tourist that which has been discovered by entrepreneurship and prepared for him by the arts of mass publicity. ... If the explorer moves toward the risks of the formless and the unknown, the tourist moves toward the security of pure cliché. It is between these two poles that the traveler mediates. ..."

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