[ピルトダウンじけん, pirutodaun jiken] (n) (obsc) (See ピルトダウン人) Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent) [Add to Longdo]
[しんかいはつ, shinkaihatsu] (n) new development; new discovery[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Discovery \Dis*cov"er*y\, n.; pl. {Discoveries}.
1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open;
showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
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2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is
bound to make a full discovery of his assets.
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In the clear discoveries of the next [world].
--South.
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3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown
or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation
of the blood.
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A brilliant career of discovery and conquest.
--Prescott.
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We speak of the "invention" of printing, the
discovery of America. --Trench.
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4. 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.
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5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discovery
n 1: the act of discovering something [syn: {discovery}, {find},
{uncovering}]
2: something that is discovered
3: a productive insight [syn: {discovery}, {breakthrough},
{find}]
4: (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
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
