probe.
Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
Meaning & usage
Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans.
Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
An investigation or inquiry.
They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.
A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
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.
A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy.
Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure
Where this word comes from
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.
To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.
If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
To insert a probe into.
Where this word comes from
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.
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