Dictionary Definition
probe
Noun
1 an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable
activities; "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"
[syn: investigation]
2 a flexible slender surgical instrument used to
explore wounds or body cavities
3 an exploratory action or expedition
4 an investigation conducted using a probe
instrument
Verb
1 question or examine thoroughly and closely
[syn: examine]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Probe
English
Noun
- a device, or part of a device, used to explore, investigate or measure
- Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.
- an investigation or inquiry
- They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.
- a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy
Translations
used to explore, investigate or measure
investigation or inquiry
- Finnish: tutkimus, selvitys
- Italian: inchiesta , investigazione
- Japanese: (chōsa)
- Spanish: sondeo
Synonyms
- (game of go) yosu-miru
Verb
- In the context of "transitive|intransitive": To explore,
investigate, or question
- If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
Translations
to explore, investigate, or question
- Finnish: tutkia, tunnustella, tiedustella, ottaa selko
- Italian: investigare
- Norwegian: undersøke, utforske
- Spanish: sondar, sondear
Extensive Definition
Probe may refer to:
In electronics:
- Robotic probe, a robot
that uses onboard instruments to gather and relay a variety of
telemetry to controllers from high in the sky, hazardous or
otherwise difficult to reach locations
- Space probe, a robotic probe operating in space
- Probe card, an interface between an electronic test system and a semiconductor wafer
- Test probe, a device used to test electronic equipment
- SS7 probe, a device that extracts SS7 signaling information from telecommunications networks
In science:
- Hybridization probe, a nucleic acid used for the detection of complementary nucleic acid sequences
- Langmuir probe, a device that uses electrodes inserted into plasma to measure electron temperature, electron density, and plasma potential
- Atom probe, an atomic-resolution microscope
- A class of surgical instruments used to explore inside the human body
In media:
- Probe (1972 TV pilot), an American TV pilot movie for the science-fiction detective series Search
- Probe (TV series), a 1988 TV series starring Parker Stevenson
- Probe, a Star Trek novel
- Probe (Philippine TV series), a public affairs/documentary show aired on the Philippine TV network ABS-CBN
- Probe, the quarterly science fiction fanzine of Science Fiction South Africa
- Probe (StarCraft), a robotic worker in the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft
- Probe Records, a record label
- Probe Entertainment, a British videogame developer
Probe may also be:
- Probe (parlor game), a discontinued card game produced by Parker Brothers
- Probe Ministries, an evangelical Christian organization
- Ford Probe, a car produced by the Ford Motor Company between 1989 and 1997 for European and North American markets
- A term used in numismatics for a pattern coin
- Proxy-based estimating, a procedure for estimating size and effort
probe in Danish: Sonde
probe in German: Sonde
probe in Esperanto: Sondilo
probe in French: Sonde
probe in Dutch: Sonde
probe in Japanese: プローブ
probe in Polish: Sonda
probe in Russian: Зонд
probe in Slovenian: Sonda
probe in Turkish: Sonda
probe in Ukrainian: Зонд
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ATDA,
ATS, Alouette, Anna, Apollo, Ariel, Atlas-Score, Biosatellite, Comsat, Cosmos, Courier, Diapason, Discoverer, ERS, Early Bird, Echo, Elektron, Explorer, GATV, Gemini, Injun, Intelsat, LPN, Lofti, Luna, Lunar Orbiter, Lunik, Mariner, Mars probes, Mercury, Midas, Nimbus, OAO, OGO, OSO, Pageos, Pegasus, Pioneer, Proton, RN, Ranger, Relay, Samos, San Marco, Secor, Sputnik, Surveyor, Syncom, Telstar, Transit, Vanguard, Viking, Voskhod, WRESAT, Zond, amassing evidence, appraise, appreciate, artificial
satellite, artificial satellites, assay, assess, barometer, calculate, calibrate, caliper, charge nurse, check a
parameter, close inquiry, communications satellite, compute, delve into, delving, department of
investigation, detection, detective work,
dial, dig, dig into, district nurse,
divide, domiciliary
visit, dragnet, enquiry, estimate, evaluate, examination, examine, exhaustive study,
exploration,
explore, fathom, feel out, feeler, fly a kite, forage, frisk, gauge, geo probe, geodetic
satellite, geophysical satellite, go, go into, graduate, graduate nurse,
hearing, house-search,
hunt, hunting, indagate, indagation, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, instrument
carrier, investigate, investigation,
investigative bureau, legislative investigation, legwork, licensed practical
nurse, look into, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, navigational satellite,
nurse, nursing sister,
pace, peer into, perquisition, perscrutation, pilot
balloon, plumb, poke, poke around, poke into,
posse, practical nurse,
private-duty nurse, prize,
probationer,
probationist,
probing, prod, pry into, public health
nurse, quantify,
quantize, quest, random sample, ransacking, rate, read, reconnoiter, registered
nurse, registering rocket, research, research rocket,
research satellite, robot satellite, rummage, sample, satellite, school nurse, scrub
nurse, scrutinize,
scrutiny, search, search into, search
party, search warrant, search-and-destroy operation, searching, sift, sifting, sister, size, size up, sleuthing, sound, sound out, sounder, space probe, space
satellite, spacecraft, span, sputnik, stalk, stalking, step, still hunt, straw vote,
student nurse, study,
surgical nurse, survey,
take a reading, test rocket, trained nurse, trial balloon, triangulate, turning over,
unmanned satellite, valuate, value, visiting nurse, weather
satellite, weather vane, weathercock, weigh,
witch-hunt