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exploration

noun
/ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/US

Etymology

From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio. Morphologically explore + -ation.

  1. derived from exploratio
  2. derived from exploration

Definitions

  1. The process of exploring.

    • By this time, largely inspired by The Railway Magazine, I had begun to spread my wings, and had started on a long career of railway exploration.

  2. The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical)…

    The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.

    • The exploration of unknown areas was often the precursor to colonization.

  3. The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits…

    The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A physical examination of a patient.

The neighborhood

Derived

explorational, explorationist, reexploration, sexploration, space exploration, urban exploration

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at exploration. 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.

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

9 hops · closes at exploration

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

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