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exploratory

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ex·plo·ra·tion  (kspl-rshn)
n.
The act or an instance of exploring: Arctic exploration; exploration of new theories.

ex·plora·tory (k-splôr-tôr, -splr-tr) adj.
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Adj.1.exploratory - serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaissance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats"

exploratory
adjective investigative, trial, searching, probing, experimental, analytic, fact-finding Exploratory surgery revealed that she had cancer of the liver.
Translations
exploratory [eksˈplɒrətərɪ] ADJ [surgery, research, study] → exploratorio; [discussions] → preliminares, de tanteo; [drilling] → de sondeo
exploratory [ɪkˈsplɒrətəri] adj
[surgery] → explorateur/trice
exploratory operation → intervention f exploratrice, intervention f à visée exploratrice
[talks] → préliminaire
[expedition] → d'exploration
exploratory
adj approach, stageexploratorisch; exploratory talks or discussions/meetingSondierungsgespräche pl/-gespräch nt; he emphasized that the talks were only exploratoryer betonte, dass es sich nur um Sondierungsgespräche handelte; exploratory trip/expeditionErkundungsfahrt f/-expedition f; exploratory digging/drillingProbegrabungen pl/-bohrungen pl; exploratory workVorarbeiten pl; exploratory surgery, an exploratory operation (Med) → eine Explorationsoperation
exploratory [ɪksˈplɒrətrɪ] adj (talks) → esplorativo/a; (expedition) → d'esplorazione; (step, discussion) → preliminare
exploratory operation (Med) → intervento esplorativo
exploratory [ɪksˈplɒrətrɪ] adj (talks) → esplorativo/a; (expedition) → d'esplorazione; (step, discussion) → preliminare
exploratory operation (Med) → intervento esplorativo


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Letherall was a large man in spectacles, who one day took my small head between his large hands, and pressed it here and there in an exploratory, auspicious manner--then placed each of his great thumbs on my temples, and pushed me a little way from him, and stared at me with glittering spectacles.
 
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