Definitions for discovered
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1. ascertained, discovered, observed(adj)

   discovered or determined by scientific observation

   "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena"

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1. Discovered

   of Discover

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1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'discovered' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1604

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'discovered' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3021

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of discovered in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of discovered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of discovered in a Sentence

1. Sean Murray:

   If a new planet was discovered every second after the game comes out.

2. Clayton County:

   They discovered him hidden behind a false wall in the interior portion of the home.

3. Jussi Taipale at Cambridge:

   Although we don't yet understand the mechanisms ... we believe that researchers need to be aware of the potential risks when developing new treatments, this is why we decided to publish our findings as soon as we discovered that cells edited with CRISPR-Cas9 can go on to become cancerous.

4. Willie Weir:

   We've discovered that the parasite causing African sleeping sickness has existed for thousands of years without having sex and is now suffering the consequences of this strategy, theoretically ... the predicted consequence of this is that it will become extinct in the long-term.

5. Ted Williams:

   But there is another class of compact objects called white dwarfs, bigger, the size of the earth. So rather than 10 kilometers in size we are looking at 6,000 kilometers and we’ve just discovered the very first white dwarf pulsar.

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