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probe

noun
/pɹəʊb/UK/pɹoʊb/US

Etymology

For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove. For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt.

  1. borrowed from proba
  2. borrowed from probare

Definitions

  1. Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

  2. Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore

    Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.

  3. An act of probing

    An act of probing; a prod, a poke.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. An investigation or inquiry.

      • They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

    2. A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft…

      A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.

    3. A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure…

      A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.

      • Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.

    4. A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about…

      A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.

    5. A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to…

      A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy.

    6. Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule…

      Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure

    7. To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.

      • If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
      • the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown
      • It was exhilarating to watch him share a meal and then probe deeper into the cultures, the politics, and the heartbeat of the people of the city or country he was in. He seemed so learned, but not in any pretentious way.

    8. To insert a probe into.

    9. A model of Ford automobile.

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Derived

armed probe, bioprobe, Bracewell probe, cryoprobe, endoprobe, fluoroprobe, geoprobe, immunoprobe, lambda probe, light probe, microprobe, milliprobe, miniprobe, misprobe, multiprobe, nanoprobe, oligoprobe, photoprobe, probeable, probe-and-drogue, probelike, prober, probe-scissors, probeset, pyroprobe, radioprobe, reflection probe, reprobe, riboprobe, space probe, thermoprobe, thetaprobe, von Neumann probe, unprobed

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at probe. 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 probe. 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 probe

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