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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discovery \Dis*cov"er*y\, noun; pl. {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 a full discovery of his assets.
In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. --South.
3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood.
A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. --Prescott.
We speak of the ''invention'' of printing, the discovery of America. --Trench.
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.
5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
discovery
noun
1: the act of discovering something [syn: {find}, {uncovering}]
2: something that is discovered
3: a productive insight [syn: {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
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "discovery": apocalypse, ascertaining, baring, bonus, breakthrough, buried treasure, coinage, conception, detection, determining, development, disclosing, disclosure, discovering, espial, exploration, expose, exposition, exposure, find, finding, foundling, gravy, idea, innovation, introduction, invention, laying bare, leap, manifestation, neologism, new phase, novelty, origination, patefaction, recognition, removing the veil, revealing, revealment, revelation, showing up, showup, strike, stripping, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, uncloaking, uncovering, unearthing, unfolding, unfoldment, unmasking, unveiling, unwrapping, waifs, waifs and strays, windfall, windfall money, windfall profit
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Discovery-Spring Garden, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland Population (2000): 2152 Housing Units (2000): 731 Land area (2000): 0.952716 sq. miles (2.467522 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.952716 sq. miles (2.467522 sq. km) FIPS code: 23005 Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24 Location: 39.463960 N, 77.360581 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Discovery-Spring Garden, MD Discovery-Spring Garden Discovery, MD Discovery
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