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discovery

noun
/dɪsˈkʌv.ɹi/

Etymology

from discover + -ery, on the pattern of the pair recover, recovery. Displaced native Old English onfundennes.

  1. derived from dis-
  2. derived from discoperīre
  3. derived from descovrir
  4. inherited from discoveren
  5. suffixed as discovery — “discover + ery”

Definitions

  1. Something discovered.

    • This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
    • Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old!

  2. The discovering of new things.

    • The purpose of the voyage was discovery.
    • Automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser.
    • The letters patents of king Henry the ſeuenth granted vnto Iohn Cabot and his three ſonnes, Lewis, Sebastian, and Sancius, for the discouerie of new and vnknowen lands.

  3. An act of uncovering or revealing something

    An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

      • The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.

    2. Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is…

      Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

      • The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.

    3. A discovered attack.

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Derived

autodiscovery, biodiscovery, codiscovery, discovery informatics, discovery request, e-discovery, indiscovery, nondiscovery, prediscovery, rediscovery, self-discovery, undiscovery

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at discovery. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01discovery02discovered03discover04uncover05reveal06uncovering07uncovered08security09secures10secure

A definitional loop anchored at discovery. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at discovery

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA