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Definition of Reconnaissance
1. Noun. The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy). "An exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission"
Generic synonyms: Intelligence, Intelligence Activity, Intelligence Operation
Specialized synonyms: Recce, Recco, Reccy, Exploratory Survey, Reconnoitering, Reconnoitring, Scouting, Air Reconnaissance, Reconnaissance By Fire, Reconnaissance In Force, Shufti, Electronic Reconnaissance
Derivative terms: Reconnoiter, Reconnoitre
Definition of Reconnaissance
1. Noun. The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reconnaissance
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Reconnaissance
1. The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. Specifically: An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition. Reconnoissance in force, a demonstration or attack by a large force of troops for the purpose of discovering the position and strength of an enemy. Origin: F. See Recognizance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reconnaissance
Literary usage of Reconnaissance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett (1905)
"BROOKS, AH A reconnaissance from Pyramid Harbor to Eagle City, Alaska, ...
A reconnaissance in the Tanana and White River basins, Alaska, ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1901)
"One man had been killed in this reconnaissance, and seven or more wounded, ...
Such is the risk and cost of tactical naval reconnaissance, and such are the ..."
3. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"Air reconnaissance extends and supplements that of cavalry but does not supplant it.
Often verification of reconnaissance must be secured by actual contact. ..."
4. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"Air reconnaissance extends and supplements that of cavalry but does not supplant it.
Often verification of reconnaissance must be secured by actual contact. ..."
5. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
""A Geological reconnaissance Across the Bitterroot Range and Clearwater Mountains
in Montana and Idaho. ..."
6. Field engineering: A Handbook of the Theory and Practice of Railway by William Henry Searles, Howard Chapin Ives (1919)
"The engineering operations requisite to and preceding the construction of a
railroad are in general : THE reconnaissance, THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY, ..."
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