Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - probe
Probe
probe
n. & v. --n. 1 a penetrating investigation. 2 any small device, esp. an electrode, for measuring, testing, etc. 3 a blunt-ended surgical instrument usu. of metal for exploring a wound etc. 4 (in full space probe) an unmanned exploratory spacecraft transmitting information about its environment. --v.tr. 1 examine or enquire into closely. 2 explore (a wound or part of the body) with a probe. 3 penetrate with a sharp instrument. Derivatives probeable adj. prober n. probingly adv. Etymology: LL proba proof, in med.L = examination, f. L probare test
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I. noun Etymology: Medieval Latin proba examination, from Latin probare Date: 1580 a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity), 2. any of various testing devices or substances: as, a pointed metal tip for making electrical contact with a circuit element being checked, a usually small object that is inserted into something so as to test conditions at a given point, a device used to penetrate or send back information especially from outer space or a celestial body, a device (as an ultrasound generator) or a substance (as radioactively labeled DNA) used to obtain specific information for diagnostic or experimental purposes, a pipe on the receiving airplane thrust into the drogue of the delivering airplane in air refueling, 3. the action of probing, a penetrating or critical investigation, a tentative exploratory advance or survey, II. verb (~d; probing) Date: 1649 transitive verb to search into and explore very thoroughly ; subject to a penetrating investigation, to examine with a ~ , intransitive verb to make a searching exploratory investigation, see: enter ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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