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Definition of Probing
1. Adjective. Diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation. "A searching investigation of their past dealings"
Definition of Probing
1. Adjective. Of something that investigates or explores deeply. ¹
2. Noun. The action of investigating or exploring. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of probe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Probing
1. probe [v] - See also: probe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Probing
Literary usage of Probing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"The radar probing of media began with the sounding of glaciers, ... Currently radar
probing is being utilized for measuring the thickness of fresh ice from ..."
2. Nasal Sinus Surgery with Operations on Nose and Throat by Beaman Douglass (1906)
"probing AND IRRIGATION OF THE FRONTAL SINUS. LANDMARKS. ... probing FRONTAL SINUS.
\Yhen the hiatus semilunaris has been exposed, a silver probe may be bent ..."
3. Nasal Sinus Surgery with Operations on Nose and Throat by Beaman Douglass (1906)
"probing AND IRRIGATION OF THE FRONTAL SINUS. LANDMARKS. ... probing FRONTAL SINUS.
When the hiatus semilunaris has been exposed, a silver probe may be bent ..."
4. Atlas and Epitome of Otology by Gustav Brühl, Seth MacCuen Smith (1902)
"probing.—The results of inspection need to be confirmed and supplemented by ...
Unskilful tympanic probing may lead to irreparable injury and should be ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"In her novels there is no dissection of character, no probing into the moral
struggles of the human creature. Her teaching holds high the standard of duty, ..."
6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1878)
"Methods of Rendering the Female Urinary Bladder Accessible, and probing the Ureter
in Women.—We find a translation, by Dr. Bernays, of a clinical lecture by ..."
7. Ophthalmic surgery: A Handbook of the Surgical Operations on the Eyeball and by Josef Meller (1912)
"LACHRYMAL probing. Indications.—Constant epiphora indicates probable stenosis of
the naso-lachrymal duct, and probing will be required until the ..."
8. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"... (Linn.,) gray-spotted sandpiper. Summer resident, common ; insectivorous.
Feeds on insects and worms, which it often seeks by probing the marsh mud. ..."
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