Word Finder - probe

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Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

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Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.

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An act of probing; a prod, a poke.

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An investigation or inquiry.

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They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

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A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.

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A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.

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Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.

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A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.

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(game of go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy

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Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure

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To explore, investigate, or question

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If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.

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To insert a probe into.

We are therefore forced to pause awhile, and probe beneath the surface.

And we must probe the deepest meaning of the terms we are trying to be accurate about.

Fortunately, the only a risk would be using the same logic for calculating a trajectory for landing a probe on Titan.

Gather the witnesses, push for details, probe, get the precise meanings of what they said.

Others carry a backpack which may include a pair of snowshoes, as well as avalanche equipment such as a shovel, an avalanche probe and an avalanche beacon.

If necessary a doctor may remove earwax using suction or a metal probe.

The doctor will clean the ear with a suction-tipped probe or other type of suction device to relieve irritation and pain.

Failing analytically to probe its nature, historically we seek relief to our perplexities by tracing its origin..

The mouth parts consist of two small retractile mandibles, of a pair of short palpi and of the toothed probe above mentioned.

News of the Justice Department probe did not seem to sit well with some opposition democrats.

In fact glucose is not a suitable molecule for demonstrating the use of the hydrophobic probe in conjunction with Program Group.

Ultrasound waves are sent out and received by a small hand-held probe.

Any decent service department should be able to listen to the turbo by using an electronic stethoscope with a metal probe on the end.

The DNA was blotted onto a nylon membrane and the probe to the transposon was allowed to hybridize to those fragments containing the transposon.

The probe is optimized for amplitude and bandwidth, in order to present small scale surface undulations of a high spatial frequency to users.

The larva is also armed anteriorly with a median piercing probe and a pair of sharp hooks by means of which it perforates the walls of the alimentary tract and makes its way into the body cavity, lungs or liver.

A probe (g) is introduced through this slit-like passage, and it is seen to pass out by the excurrent siphonal notch.

The flame should be focused on the thermocouple probe.

Core temperature was assessed at presentation using a tympanic probe on patients over 65 years of age.

The name of the airline that was the initial subject of the investigation was not revealed to the public, and it is unclear whether or not any kiosks were taken offline as a result of the probe.

Radiofrequency ablation uses a heat delivered through a probe to destroy tissues blocking the airway.

You may have to get up on the ledge or building, then use your jetpack to fly higher to get the probe.

The dentist may probe tooth crevices and the edges of fillings with a sharp instrument, looking for areas of tooth decay.

Coupled with the 24-hour pH probe study, the test becomes the best determinant of GERD because it actually monitors how often the patient has reflux into the esophagus during a full day.

Cryotherapy-The use of a very low-temperature probe to freeze and thereby destroy tissue.

A thermometer probe may be taped on the skin to monitor body temperature.

The probe measures how much sound energy bounces back off the eardrum, rather than being transmitted to the middle ear.

The more energy that is returned to the probe, the more blocked the middle ear is.

The new probe follows the shock by-election victory of SNP councilor Billy McAllister in the Labor stronghold.

Labor appointed an unknown civil servant, Ted Cantle, to head its probe; the Tories assigned Lord Scarman, a senior judge.

If it has been, a probe covered with soft cotton wool is used to gently dry out the ear canal.

We are using FT-ICR MS (and specifically electron capture dissociation) along with molecular modeling to probe their gas phase structures.

Abstract. cDNAs specific to vegetal poles of Xenopus gastrula embryos were used as a probe to screen a gastrula embryos were used as a probe to screen a gastrula vegetal pole cDNA library.

Probe has speeded up AN experienced chartered geologist says levels of benzene discovered in Muirfield Close have been played down.

Gravity Probe B, a relativity gyroscope experiment co-developed by NASA and Stanford University scientists, will attempt to answer that question.

Under high stringency conditions, each probe only hybridized with its own DNA.

He also used a superintendent, a detective chief inspector and two detective inspectors on the probe.

Due to their narrow spectral lines, they also act as a high-resolution probe of gas kinematics in outflow regions and active galactic nuclei.

We are also combining the mixing device with a UV Raman spectrometer as a novel probe of fast folding kinetics.

This includes probe linearity to pulse modulated and amplitude modulated signals, spherical isotropy, and spatial resolution.

The Mag -01 and Mag -01H are single axis magnetometers comprising a probe and electronics module with a digital readout of the field value.

It would then use its incredibly long, curved upper mandible to probe under any dislodged bark or moss.

Electron probe microanalysis was employed to determine the chemical composition and the distribution of elements within the specimen.

They were characterized via scanning electron microscopy, complex impedance measurements, electron probe microanalysis and dielectric lifetime testing.

Atomic resolution is possible using electron microscopes and scanning probe microscopes.

In addition, a background in scanning probe microscopy is required.

We are using these new tools to probe the cellular interactions which govern root morphogenesis in the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana.

Interviews These can be either one-to-one or panel interviews and will probe any doubtful areas raised at first interview.

Nimrod R.Mk 1P Designation applied to R.Mk 1 when fitted with in-flight refueling probe in 1982.

Each multi-atom probe is identified by its " Probe Name " .