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probe
noun as in investigation
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verb as in explore, investigate
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However, the probe stayed in contact with the Rosetta orbiter and has already sent back some photos.
Then finally, the probe had to be released at the right moment and on the right course to land at that spot.
The probe appears to be sitting at the bottom of a "cliff" on the comet, but beyond that it's hard to tell.
UPDATE: Since publication yesterday, the Philae team learned that the probe bounced two times and apparently landed on its side.
Earthlings, we can celebrate the accomplishment of landing a probe on a new world.
It was risky work to leave the valuable convoy for an instant, but Malcolm felt that he must probe this mystery.
I have not been able to perceive a hole sufficient even to admit a small probe.
One by one they examine, they compare, they probe, and all in silence.
For a month she subjected Mr. Matthew Weyburn to the microscope of her observation and the probe of her instinct.
The slightest probe of such a feeling toward a man so infinitely beneath him, he would have felt degrading.
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On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to probe, such as: examination, exploration, inquest, inquiry, research, and scrutiny.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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