exploration

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

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

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

 

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exploration

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exploration (countable and uncountable, plural explorations)

1. The process of exploring.
2. 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 (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
4. (medicine) A physical examination of a patient.

• explorative
• exploratory
• explorer

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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exploration f (plural explorations)

1. exploration

• exploration de données

• explorateur m
• exploratif

• “exploration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.