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Substantiivi
- (surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
- (comedy, fiction) An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans.
- (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.
- (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.
- (astronautics) A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
- (go) A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy.
- (biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure
Verbi
- (ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.
- (transitive) To insert a probe into.
Esimerkit
- They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.
- Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.
- If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
- the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown
- Let's put in a probe, to get more information.
- to probe the depths of the ocean
- To probe is to explore, investigate, or question.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | probed | Imperfekti | probed |
| Partisiipin preesens | probing | Monikko | probes |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | probes | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | probeth (vanhahtava) |