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▸ noun: (comedy, fiction) An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans.
▸ noun: (figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
▸ noun: An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
▸ noun: (figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.
▸ noun: (aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
▸ noun: (sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
▸ noun: (astronautics) A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
▸ noun: (go) A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy.
▸ noun: (biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure
▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.
▸ verb: (transitive) To insert a probe into.
▸ noun: A model of Ford automobile.
Similar:
dig into,
examine,
investigation,
poke into,
multiprobe,
microprobe,
probing,
inquiry,
detection,
cryoprobe,
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specific,
small,
fluorescent,
periodontal,
single,
sensitive,
fine,
oligonucleotide,
blunt,
current,
ultrasonic
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