of research, investigative; of exploration, of adventure and traveling to unknown regions
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Exploratory Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutServing or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.
exploratory
\ex*plor"a*to*ry\ (?), a. [l. exploratorius.] serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. h. wotton.
exploratory
adj : serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaisance"; "digging an exploratory well in the gulf of mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats" [syn: explorative]
[ant: nonexploratory]
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exploratory survey
Adjective
1. serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaisance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats"
(synonym) explorative
(antonym) nonexploratory, nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative
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Exploratory Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Exploratory may refer to:
- Exploration, the act of searching or traveling by land, sea, air or space for the purpose of discovery of resources or information
- Exploratory committee, in United States politics, an organization that tests the feasibility of a potential candidate running for an elected office
- Exploratory data analysis, an approach to analyzing data for the purpose of formulating hypotheses worth testing
- Exploratory engineering, a term that describes the process of making models of systems that are not feasible with current technologies
- Exploratory research, a type of research conducted for a problem that has not been clearly defined
- Exploratory search a specialization of information exploration used by searchers who have difficulties with the domain or achieving their goal
- Exploratory surgery, a surgery performed to find a diagnosis for an ailment, improvements in imaging technology have reduced their usage
- Exploratory testing, an approach to software testing that is concisely described as simultaneous learning, test design and test execution
- Space Solar Power Exploratory Research and Technology program, research conducted on the feasibility of solar power beamed from space
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