exploration

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio

PronunciationEdit

(US) enPR: ĕks’plərā′shən, IPA^(key): /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/
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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

NounEdit

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exploration

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exploration (countable and uncountable, plural explorations)

The process of exploring.
The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
The exploration of unknown areas was often the precursor to colonization.
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
A physical examination of a patient.

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

act of exploring

Arabic: اِسْتِكْشَاف‎ m (istikšāf)
Belarusian: дасле́даванне n (dasljédavannje)
Bulgarian: изследване (bg) n (izsledvane)
Catalan: exploració f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勘探 (zh) (kāntàn), 勘察 (zh) (kānchá)
Czech: průzkum (cs) m
Danish: udforskning c, undersøgelse c
Dutch: verkenning (nl) f, exploratie (nl)
Esperanto: esplorado
Finnish: tutkiminen (fi), tutkimus (fi), tutkimusmatka (fi)
French: exploration (fr) f
German: Erkundung (de) f, Erforschung (de) f, Untersuchung (de) f
Hungarian: felfedezés (hu)
Italian: esplorazione (it) f
Japanese: 探検 (ja) (たんけん, tanken), 探査 (ja) (たんさ, tansa), 精査 (せいさ, seisa), 探究 (たんきゅう, tankyū)

Korean: 탐험 (tamheom), 탐사 (tamsa), 답사 (ko) (dapsa), 탐구 (tamgu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utforskning m or f, utforsking m or f

Nynorsk: utforsking f
Persian: اکتشاف‎ (fa) (ektešâf)
Portuguese: exploração (pt) f
Romanian: explorare (ro) f
Russian: иссле́дование (ru) n (isslédovanije), изуче́ние (ru) n (izučénije)
Scottish Gaelic: rannsachadh m
Slovak: prieskum m
Spanish: exploración f
Swedish: utforskning c
Turkish: keşif (tr)
Ukrainian: дослі́дження (uk) n (doslídžennja), дослі́джування n (doslídžuvannja)

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

Bulgarian: проучване (bg) n (proučvane)
Danish: udforskning c, opdagelse c
Dutch: exploratie (nl), ontdekkingsreis (nl), ontdekkingstocht

Finnish: löytöretki (fi), tutkimusretki, tutkimusmatka (fi)
German: Entdeckungsreise (de) f, Erkundung (de) f, Erforschung (de) f
Swedish: upptäcktsresa (sv) c

geological (mineral) exploration

German: Exploration (de) f

physical examination — see physical examination

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