Noun

The act of perusing; studying something carefully.

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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.}}

Noun

(en noun)

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

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

An act of probing; a prod, a poke.

(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.

They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

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

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

Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.

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

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