Exploration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Exploration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Exploration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exploration n to travel for the purpose of discovery [syn: exploration, geographic expedition] a careful systematic search a systematic consideration; "he called for a careful exploration of the consequences"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exploration \Ex`plora"tion\, n. [L. exploratio: cf. F. exploration.] The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration* of unknown countries; (Med.) physical examination. [bd]An exploration of doctrine.[b8] --Bp. Hall.