probe

/pɹəʊb/noun
Middle School
1

Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

2

An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans.

3

Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.

4

An act of probing; a prod, a poke.

5

An investigation or inquiry.

6

A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.

7

A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.

8

A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.

9

A move with multiple possible answers, seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy.

10

Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure

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