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A probe is something inserted to explore or investigate.
Medical probes examine body cavities; space probes travel to distant planets; investigators probe for the truth.
The word works as both noun and verb: The Senate launched a probe into campaign financing; Reporters probed the senator's finances.
To probe is to examine thoroughly, often persistently or intrusively.
Request for information
- interrogateQuestion formally and persistently
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
- examineStudy with attention
- questionRequest for information
delve · investigate · uncover · dig · search · evidence · forensic · detective
Tissue sample for diagnosis
- endoscopeInternal examination instrument
- laparoscopeInternal surgical viewing instrument
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
colonoscopy · speculum · swab · needle · scope · surgical · diagnostic · examination
Vehicle for outer space
- landerSpacecraft for surface arrival
- roverDrifter or space explorer
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- orbiterBody circling another
Voyager · Cassini · Mars · lunar · planetary · interstellar · flyby · trajectory
Input-detecting device
- electrodeConductive interface point
- transducerEnergy form converter
- detectorDevice that senses
- oscilloscopeVoltage waveform display device
multimeter · voltmeter · thermocouple · calibration · measurement · instrument · laboratory · test
inquiry
Request for information
- interrogateQuestion formally and persistently
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
- examineStudy with attention
question · delve · investigate · uncover · dig · search · evidence · forensic · detective · sleuth
biopsy
Tissue sample for diagnosis
- endoscopeInternal examination instrument
- laparoscopeInternal surgical viewing instrument
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
ultrasound · colonoscopy · speculum · swab · needle · scope · surgical · diagnostic · examination · tissue
spacecraft
Vehicle for outer space
orbiter · Voyager · Cassini · Mars · lunar · planetary · interstellar · flyby · trajectory · telemetry
poke
Sharp, quick thrust
jab · explore · insert · penetrate · push · test · gentle · careful · tentative · tip
sensor
Input-detecting device
- electrodeConductive interface point
- transducerEnergy form converter
- detectorDevice that senses
oscilloscope · multimeter · voltmeter · thermocouple · calibration · measurement · instrument · laboratory · test · sample
sonar
Underwater detection by echoes
trench · dive · submerge · fathom · underwater · seafloor · ROV · submersible · Mariana · hydrothermal
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- exploratory venturesexpedition, voyage, safari, trek, quest
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- Jupiter explorationVoyager 1, Voyager 2, Europa, Io, Ganymede
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
- prove itChallenge to substantiate
- proof of conceptDemonstration of feasibility
- living proofHuman evidence of something
- on probationServing trial period
- prove oneselfDemonstrate one's abilities
- future proofResistant to obsolescence
prove, proof, probity, probing, probed, probation, reprobate, probes, approbation