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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exploratory \Ex*plor"a*to*ry\, a. [L. exploratorius.]
Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining;
explorative. --Sir H. Wotton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
exploratory
adj : serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an
exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaisance";
"digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico";
"exploratory talks between diplomats" [syn: {explorative}]
[ant: {nonexploratory}]
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