probe
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4.9
- noun
- /proʊb/
- Specialized
:
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- You remember that package we sent up with the Voyager probe?
- administer probes
- probe set
- probe design
And now we know there's a new probe to read brain activity.
- And now we know there's a new probe to read brain activity.
- They can send physical like probes into the neighboring plane.
- So I do think drugs are very powerful probes of brain function.
- And if you use the right kind of probe, AFM's can do more than map.
- And so the probe didn't detect water just because it missed.
Examples
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And now we know there's a new probe to read brain activity.
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We connect our probe to the live wire.
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Man, it's amazing how big that probe looks relative to the die.
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What can I use for a probe?
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Our latest probe images will give you an idea of what's happening on the enemy planet.
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NASA built another probe that was called the COBE.
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I think you can buy thermal probes and put them in the loop.
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This is the probe's last pass through this quadrant.
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I've got a little needle probe here to go onto the capacitors.
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The doctor used a probe to examine the patient's injury more closely.
Synonyms
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3.6
Tool like a microscope used to study or measure things
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3.4
Machines and tools that check how something works and measure it
Compounds
- Specialized
11
4.2
A machine sent into space without people to study planets and send information back
How Specialized
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11
4.2
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2
5.3
- Specialized
225
4.9
- Specialized
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7.0
3
6.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Probe comes from the old Latin word probare meaning 'to test' or 'to prove'. A medical or scientific probe is a small tool used to test or look inside things, so it helps you find or check a hidden problem.