Exploration
(Ex`plo*ra"tion) n. [L. exploratio: cf. F. exploration.] The act of exploring, penetrating, or
ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration
of unknown countries; (Med.) physical examination.
"An exploration of doctrine."
Bp. Hall. Explorative
(Ex*plor"a*tive) a. Exploratory.
Explorator
(Ex"plo*ra`tor) n. [L.] One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
Exploratory
(Ex*plor"a*to*ry) a. [L. exploratorius.] Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.
Sir H. Wotton.
Explore
(Ex*plore") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explored; p. pr. & vb. n. Exploring.] [L. explorare to explore;
ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. flow: cf. F. explorer.]
1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.]
Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs.
Pope. 2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore
new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. "Hidden frauds [to] explore." Dryden.
Explorement
(Ex*plore"ment), n. The act of exploring; exploration. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Explorer
(Ex*plor"er) n. One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.
Exploring
(Ex*plor"ing), a. Employed in, or designed for, exploration. "Exploring parties." Bancroft.
Explosion
(Ex*plo"sion) n. [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See Explode.]
1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great
volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.
2. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a
bomb, a steam boiler, etc.
3. A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath.
A formidable explosion of high-church fanaticism.
Macaulay. Explosive
(Ex*plo"sive) a. [Cf. F. explosif.] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing
explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
Explosive
(Ex*plo"sive), n.
1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder,
or nitro-glycerine.
2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d,
k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, &radic
155-7, 184.]
Explosively
(Ex*plo"sive*ly), adv. In an explosive manner.
Expoliation
(Ex*po`li*a"tion) n. See Exspoliation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
