probe
/pɹəʊb/
Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc; Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information; An act of probing
- plural
- probes
Meanings
- 1
Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc
- 2
Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information
- 3
An act of probing; a prod, a poke
- 4
An investigation or inquiry
- 5
Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.; An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humansrare
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A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuellingrare
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A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in itrare
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A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundingsrare
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A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategyrare
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Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structurerare