Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or an instance of discovering.
- noun Something discovered.
- noun Law The compulsory disclosure to the opposing party of factual information or documents relevant to a lawsuit prior to trial.
from The Century Dictionary.
- The act of disclosing to view.
- The act of revealing; a making known; a declaration; disclosure: as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his estate and effects.
- The act of gaining sight of; the act of espying: as, the discovery of land after a voyage.
- The act of finding out or of bringing to knowledge what was unknown; first knowledge of anything.
- That which is discovered, found out, or revealed; that which is first brought to light, seen, or known: as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.
- In the drama, the unraveling of a plot, or the manner of unfolding the plot or story of a comedy or tragedy.
- In law, disclosure by a party to an action, at the instance of the other party, as of facts within his memory or of a document within his control.
- Exploration.
- Synonyms Discovery, Invention. See
invention .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing.
- noun A making known; revelation; disclosure.
- noun Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized.
- noun That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized.
- noun obsolete Exploration; examination.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something
discovered . - noun uncountable The
discovering of new things. - noun law, uncountable A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
- noun law, uncountable Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a productive insight
- noun something that is discovered
- noun the act of discovering something
- noun (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
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Examples
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But it would be right to say, _The discovery of America was more important THAN ANY OTHER geographical discovery_.
Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood
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_The discovery of America was MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY geographical discovery_, for that is saying that the discovery of America was more important than itself -- an absurdity.
Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood
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They have been increased in a certain appreciable proportion by _discovery_; and as discovery has been made chiefly in islands, -- for the great continents had been previously known, -- and as the mammals of islands, as has been well remarked by Cuvier, are usually small, of this appreciable proportion the bulk is comparatively not great.
The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Hugh Miller 1829
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Helen Keller scholars say the discovery is an important one.
CNN: Rare Helen Keller photo discovered BA Haller 2008
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And these visualizations open up an opportunity to do what we call discovery science.
A Virtual Voyage Through the Brain of a Mouse - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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And these visualizations open up an opportunity to do what we call discovery science.
A Virtual Voyage Through the Brain of a Mouse - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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And while astronomers are not yet able to look for signs of biology on the planet, the discovery is a milestone in planet detection and the search for extraterrestrial life, one with the potential to profoundly change our outlook on the universe.
April 2007 2007
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This discovery is an historic one, General, and I hope it is not out of line to say that I am proud to be a part of it.
365 tomorrows » J. Loseth : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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And while astronomers are not yet able to look for signs of biology on the planet, the discovery is a milestone in planet detection and the search for extraterrestrial life, one with the potential to profoundly change our outlook on the universe.
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Pierre Ray and colleagues at University Hospital in Grenoble said while deletions of some portion of the Y chromosome have been found in infertile men, their discovery is a rare example in which a mutation in a single gene causes male infertility.
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