Look up: discovery

1. Discovery
   acronym: Research vessel (U.K.)
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2. discovery
   [n] - (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case 2. [n] - something that is discovered 3. [n] - a productive insight 4. [n] - the act of discovering something
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3. Discovery
   The ship in which Captain Scott sailed to the Antarctic and back in 1900-04, commanding the National Antarctic Expedition. Officially known as the Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery, it became a...
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4. discovery
   an exploration well which has encountered hydrocarbons;
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5. Discovery
   Is the phase of a lawsuit where respective parties are permitted to ask each other formal written and oral questions, obtain copies of documents and find out the facts related to the lawsuit.
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6. Discovery
   Dis·cov'er·y noun ; plural Discoveries 1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make...
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7. discovery
   1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. ... 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. 'In the clear discoveries of the next [world]' (South) ... 3. Finding out or ascertaining ...
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8. discovery
   find noun the act of discovering something
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9. discovery
   breakthrough noun a productive insight
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10. discovery
    noun something that is discovered
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11. Discovery
    • (n.) Exploration; examination. • (n.) That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery. • (n.) Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harv...
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12. Discovery
    (from the article `Human Spaceflight Launches and Returns, 2007`) In July the U.S. space shuttle program resumed flight with launch of the orbiter Discovery. It was the first space shuttle flight since the loss of ... Selected as an astronaut in 1990, Collins became the first woman pilot of a U.S. space shuttle in February 1995, serving...
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13. Discovery
    (from the article `Hudson, Henry`) Sailing from London on April 17, 1610, in the 55-ton vessel `Discovery,` Hudson stopped briefly in Iceland, then proceeded to the `furious overfall.` ...
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14. discovery
    in law, pretrial procedures providing for the exchange of information between the parties involved in the proceedings. Discovery may be made through ... [2 related articles]
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15. DISCOVERY
    The information-exchanging process of a legal proceeding, including serving and answering interrogatories and requests for production of documents, and taking depositions.
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16. discovery
    
    • a productive insight
    • (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
    
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17. discovery
    discovery, in law: see procedure; evidence.
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18. Discovery
    (Lat. discooperire, to discover) 1. The act of becoming aware of something previously existing but unknown. 2. The act of insight (usually more or less sudden) by which a scientific hypothesis or explanatory conception comes into consciousness. -- A.C.B.
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19. Discovery
    Part of the pre-trial litigation process during which each party requests relevant information and documents from the other side in an attempt to "discover" pertinent facts. Generally discovery devices include depositions, interogatories, requests for admissions, document production requests and requests for inspection.
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20. Discovery
    n. The efforts to obtain information before a trial by a party to a lawsuit and his/her/its attorneys by demands for production of documents, depositions of parties and potential witnesses, written interrogatories, written requests for admissions of fact, examination of the scene, and petitions and ...
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21. Discovery
    Discovery is a variety of apple.
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22. Discovery
    Purpose-built ship that served as the main vessel for Captain Scott's National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04).
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23. Discovery
    (observation) `Discovery` is the act of detecting something new, or something "old" that had been unknown. With reference to science and academic disciplines, discovery is the observation of new phenomena, new actions, or new events and providing new reasoning to explain the knowled...
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24. Discovery
    `Discovery` may refer to: Devices : Nature : Companies, projects, teams : Vessels and vehicles : Marine : Space : Land : Culture and mass media : Museums : Music : Television : See also :
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25. Discovery
    (British TV programme) `Discovery` was a documentary television series produced by Duncan Dallas, Yorkshire Television. It was first shown in England in 1974. The first episode was about the post-encephalitic patients described by the neurologist Oliver Sacks (see Awakenings). T...
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