Meaning of Probe | Babel Free
pɹəʊbDefinitions
- A model of Ford automobile.
- Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
- An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans.
- Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
- An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
- An investigation or inquiry.
- A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
- A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
- A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
- A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy.
- Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure
Equivalents
Examples
“You know⟳, XR178.9, we haven't done any anal probes in a while.”
“You listen⟳ here! We don't do anal probes like⟳ other aliens, but I'm about to make⟳ an exception!”
“Silverberg also gives the reader reader some excellent character insight; deep probes into the minds of all the principals bring⟳ the reader closer to the persons involved than might be thought possible with the plot so far removed from the realm of normality.”
“They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.”
“Insert⟳ the probe into the soil and read⟳ the temperature.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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