different between probe vs probang
probe
English
Etymology
For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”).
For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???b/
- (US) IPA(key): /p?o?b/
- Rhymes: -??b
Noun
probe (plural probes)
- (surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. [from 15th c.]
- (figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information. [from 17th c.]
- An act of probing; a prod, a poke. [from 19th c.]
- (figuratively) An investigation or inquiry. [from 20th c.]
- 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. [from 20th c.]
- (sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. [from 20th c.]
- 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. [from 20th c.]
- (game of Go) a move with multiple 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
Synonyms
- (game of go) yosu-miru
Derived terms
- probe-and-drogue
Translations
Verb
probe (third-person singular simple present probes, present participle probing, simple past and past participle probed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question
- If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown
- (transitive) To insert a probe into.
Related terms
- probable
- prove
- proof
- probity
- probation
Translations
Further reading
- probe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- probe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Pober, rebop
German
Pronunciation
Verb
probe
- inflection of proben:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Italian
Adjective
probe
- feminine plural of probo
Latin
Adverb
prob? (comparative probius, superlative probissim?)
- well, rightly, properly, correctly, fitly, opportunely, excellently
Adjective
probe
- vocative masculine singular of probus
References
- probe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- probe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- probe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Spanish
Adjective
probe (plural probes)
- Obsolete spelling of pobre
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probang
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
probang (plural probangs)
- A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the oesophagus, etc.
Related terms
- probe
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