Word of the Day:
exploration
What It Means
The process of exploring.
The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
The exploration of unknown areas was often the precursor to colonization.
Exploration in Context
“By this time, largely inspired by The Railway Magazine, I had begun to spread my wings, and had started on a long career of railway exploration.”
Did You Know?
From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio. Morphologically explore + -ation.
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