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1. (v.t.) probe
to search into or examine thoroughly:
to probe one's conscience.
2. probe
to explore with a probe.
3. (v.i.) probe
to examine or explore with or as if with a probe.
4. (n.) probe
a slender surgical instrument for exploring the depth or direction of a wound, sinus, or the like.
5. probe
any slender device inserted into something in order to explore, test, or examine.
6. probe
the act of probing.
7. probe
an investigation, esp. by a legislative committee, of suspected illegal activity.
8. probe
any labeled or otherwise identifiable substance that is used to detect or isolate another substance in a biological system or specimen.
Etymology: (1555–65; < ML proba examination, LL: test, der. of L probāre (see prove ))
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| Definition of 'Probe' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) probe, investigation
an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
"there was a congressional probe into the scandal"
2. (noun) probe
a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities
3. (noun) probe
an exploratory action or expedition
4. (verb) probe
an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
5. (verb) probe, examine
question or examine thoroughly and closely
6. (verb) probe, dig into, poke into
examine physically with or as if with a probe
"probe an anthill"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Probe
an instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc
2. (verb) Probe
to examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe
3. (verb) Probe
fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Probe
In information operations, any attempt to gather information about an automated information system or its on-line users. See also information; information operations; information system.
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Sense: a long thin instrument used by doctors to examine a wound etc.
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 Afrikaans: wondyster |
 Arabic: مِسْبَر الطَّبيب |
 Bulgarian: сонда |
 Brazilian: sonda |
 Czech: sonda |
 German: die Sonde |
 Danish: sonde |
 Greek: καθετήρας |
 Spanish: sonda |
 Estonian: sond |
 Farsi: میل |
 Finnish: koetin |
 French: sonde |
 Hebrew: מִבחָן |
 Hindi: सलाई |
 Hungarian: szonda |
 Indonesian: alat pemeriksa luka |
 Icelandic: kanni |
 Italian: sonda |
 Japanese: 探り針 |
 Korean: 탐침 |
 Lithuanian: zondas |
 Latvian: zonde |
 Malay: jarum perak panjang |
 Dutch: sonde |
 Norwegian: sonde |
 Polish: sonda |
 Persian: میل |
 Pashto: ميل |
 Portuguese: sonda |
 Romanian: sondă |
 Russian: зонд |
 Slovak: sonda |
 Slovenian: sonda |
 Serbian: sonda |
 Swedish: sond |
 Thai: เครื่องมือสำหรับแหย่ตรวจบ |
 Turkish: sonda |
 Taiwanese: 探針 |
 Ukrainian: зонд |
 Urdu: زخم کو معائنہ کرنے کا آلہ |
 Vietnamese: cái que thăm |
 Chinese: 探针 |
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