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

Noun

(wikipedia analysis)

(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory...).

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell

, title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}

(countable) The result of such a process.

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Thus, in a sequence such as [French English teacher''], since ''English'' is closer to
the Head Noun ''teacher'', it must be a Complement; and since ''French'' is further
away from ''teacher'', it must be an Attribute. Hence, we correctly predict that
the only possible interpretation for [''a French English teacher ] is ‘a person who
teaches English who is French?. So our analysis not only has semantic plausi-
bility; but in addition it has independent syntactic support.

(uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.

(countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.

(countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.

(uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies]], [[harmony, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprisees.

(countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.