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Definition: Discovery |
DiscoveryNoun1. The act of discovering something. 2. Something that is discovered. 3. A productive insight. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "discovery" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Law | Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. (references) |
Mining | A. In mining, the term may be defined as knowledge of the presence of the valuable minerals within the lines of the location or in such proximity thereto as to justify a reasonable belief in their existence. But in all cases there must be a discovery of mineral, in both lode and placer claims, as distinguished from mere indications of mineral. In other words, in a lode location there must be such a discovery of mineral as gives reasonable evidence of the fact either that there is a vein or lode of rock in place carrying the valuable mineral; or, if it be claimed as placer ground, that it is valuable for such mining b. Pac. The first finding of the mineral deposit in place upon a mining claim. A discovery is necessary before the location can be held by a valid title. The opening in which it is made is called discovery shaft, discovery tunnel, etc. The finding of mineral in place as distinguishedfrom float rock constitutes discovery. See also:mine. (references) |
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The story of the discoveries of the chemical elements is presented here in chronological order. The elements are listed generally in the order in which they were first isolated as the pure element, rather than as a compound (some such as boron were known to be elements decades before they could be isolated from their compounds). The first few predate any written record.
Carbon from antiquity
Gold from antiquity
Silver from antiquity
Copper from antiquity
Sulphur from antiquity
Tin from antiquity
Lead from antiquity
Mercury from antiquity
Iron from antiquity
Arsenic
Antimony -
Bismuth 15th century? May have been described in writings attributed to Basil Valentinus
Phosphorus 1669 Hening Brand, later described by Robert Boyle
Cobalt 1732 George Brandt Platinum had been noticed in South American gold ore since the 16th century. A number of chemists worked on platinum in the 18th century:
Platinum ca. 1750s
Zinc
Nickel
Hydrogen
Fluorine
Nitrogen Priestley's work on atmospheric gases resulted in his preparation of oxygen. As he was a believer in phlogiston, he didn't realise that he had prepared a new element, and thought that he had managed to prepare air free from phlogiston ("de-phlogisticated air"). However, he was the first to isolate oxygen, even if he didn't realise what he had:
Oxygen 1771 Joseph Priestley
Chlorine 1774 Karl Wilhelm Scheele
Manganese 1780? Hjelm
Molybdenum
Tellurium 1782 Mueller von Reichenstein
Tungsten 1783 The recent discovery of the new planet Uranus by William Herschel had caused a stir, so the newly discovered metallic element was christened uranium in its honour.
Uranium 1789 Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Zirconium
Strontium 1793 Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Titanium 1797 Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Yttrium
Chromium
Columbium
Tantalum The next element was discovered just after the discovery of a new class of astronomical objects: the new element was named after the newly discovered asteroid, Ceres. The element was discovered nearly simultaneously in two laboratories, though it was later shown that Berzelius and Hisinger's cerium was actually a mixture of cerium, lanthanum and didymium.
Cerium 1803 Martin Heinrich Klaproth; Jöns Jacob Berzelius and Hisinger
Rhodium
Palladium
Osmium
Iridium
Magnesium At this point, Sir Humphry Davy pioneered the use of electricity from the Voltaic pile to decompose the salts of alkali metals, and so a number of thse metals were first prepared as the pure element: the beginning of the field of electrochemistry.
Potassium 1807 Humphry Davy
Calcium 1808 Humphry Davy
Sodium 1807 Humphry Davy
Barium 1808 Humphry Davy
Iodine 1811 Bernard Courtois
Lithium 1817 Arfvedson (metal prepared by Bunsen using electrolysis in 1855) [This is unclear]
Cadmium 1817 Friedrich Strohmeyer Independently discovered by K.S.L Hermann
Selenium 1817 Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Silicon 1823 Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Aluminium 1825 Hans Christian Ørsted
Bromine 1826 Antoine Jerome Balard
Thorium 1828 Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Beryllium 1828 Friedrich Wöhler Independently discovered by A.A.B. Bussy
Vanadium 1801 Andres Manuel del Rio The next element discovered when Mosander showed that the cerium isolated in 1803 by Berzelius was actually a mixture of cerium, lanthanum and so-called didymium (which was not actually one element, and was resolved into two in 1885).
Lanthanum 1839-41 Carl Mosander
Terbium 1843 Carl Mosander
Erbium 1843 Carl Mosander
Ruthenium 1844 Karl Klaus
Caesium 1860 Bunsen
Rubidium 1860 Bunsen
Thallium 1861 Sir William Crookes
Indium 1863 Reich and Richter Another spectroscopic discovery, helium was found by astronomers as an emission line in the spectrum of the sun, hence its name from the Greek helios meaning sun. It was at first thought to be an unknown metallic element, and so the name was given the ending -ium to signify a metal. By the time it had been found on Earth and discovered to be the lightest of the noble gases, the name was fixed; by analogy with the other noble gases, the name should have ended in -on.
Helium 1868
Boron 1868 Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac & L.J. Thenard
Gallium 1875 de Boisbaudran
Ytterbium 1878 Jean de Marignac
Thulium 1879 P.T. Cleve
Scandium 1879 Nilson
Holmium 1879 J.L. Soret
Samarium 1879 Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Gadolinium 1880 Jean de Marignac The 'didymium' isolated by Mosander in 1839 was shown to actually be two separate elements, praseodymium and neodymium:
Praseodymium 1885 Carl Auer von Welsbach
Neodymium 1885 Carl Auer von Welsbach
Dysprosium 1886 Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Germanium 1886 Winkler Refrigeration technology advanced considerably during the 19th century, to the point where it was possible to liquefy atmospheric gases. A curious observation was made: Nitrogen prepared by chemical means from its compounds had a slightly lower molecular weight than nitrogen prepared by liquefaction from air. This was attributed as being due to the presence of a previously unsuspected gas, christened argon. This gas was the first representative found of a previously unsuspected new group in the periodic table, first known as the inert gases, now more commonly known as the noble gases.
Argon 1894 Rayleigh & Sir William Ramsay
Europium 1901 Eugene Demarcay Once liquid argon could be prepared in quantity from air, small amounts of a further three noble gases could be separated from it by differences in boiling point. These new elements were named from the Greek words for, respectively, 'new', 'hidden', and 'foreign'.
Neon 1898 Sir William Ramsay
Krypton 1898 Sir William Ramsay
Xenon 1898 Sir William Ramsay With the discovery of radioactivity, we have the classic work by the Curies that isolated a number of previously unknown elements:
Radium 1898 Pierre Curie and Marie Curie
Polonium 1898 Pierre Curie and Marie Curie
Actinium 1899 A Debierne Another of the noble gases, radon had avoided discovery because its short radioactive half-life had meant it was present in air in vanishingly tiny quantities. Once radium was available in macroscopic quantities, the production of this radioactive noble gas was readily detected as a product of radium's radioactive decay.
Radon 1898 Fredrich Ernst Dorn who called it nitron
Lutetium 1907 Georges Urbain
Protactinium 1917 Kasimir Fajans, O. Göhring, Fredrich Soddy, John Cranston, Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn
Hafnium 1923 Dirk Coster
Rhenium 1925 Walter Noddack and Ida Tacke At this point, all the stable elements existing on earth had been discovered, and most of the periodic table had been filled. A few gaps remained amongst the higher mass elements, but there remained a troublesome gap at element number 43, just below manganese in the table. The gaps were filled by the synthetic elements. Walter Noddack and Ida Tacke (later Ida Noddack) also believed to have found Technetium, which they called Masurium (after Masurien, an area in Germany). They were later proved wrong.
The synthetic elements
The elements labelled as "synthetic" are unstable, with a half-life so "short" relative to the age of the earth that any atoms of that element that may have been present when the earth formed, have long since completely decayed away. Hence they are only known on earth as the product of nuclear reactors or particle accelerators. The discovery of technetium finally filled in a puzzling gap in the periodic table, and the discovery that there were no stable isotopes of technetium explained its absence on earth: its 4.2 million years half-life meant that none remained from the time of formation of the earth.
Technetium 1937 Carlo Perrier (Synthetic)
Francium 1939 Marguerite Derey All elements after this are synthetic:
Astatine 1940 Dale R. Corson, K.R.Mackenzie, Emilio Segre' The next two elements were the first of the transuranic (beyond uranium) elements and were named after the planets beyond Uranus, Neptune and Pluto:
Neptunium 1940 E.M. McMillan & Philip H. Abelson, University of California, Berkeley
Plutonium 1941 Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur C. Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy Emilio Segré
Curium 1944 Glenn T. Seaborg
Americium 1945 Glenn T. Seaborg
Promethium 1945 J.A. Marinsky
Berkelium 1949 Stanley. Albert Ghiorso, Kennerth Stret Jr, Glenn T. Seaborg
Californium 1950 Stanley. Albert Ghiorso, Kennerth Stret Jr, Glenn T. Seaborg
Einsteinium 1952 Argonne Laboratory, Los Alamos Laboratory, and University of California
Fermium 1953 Argonne Laboratory, Los Alamos Laboratory, and University of California
Mendelevium 1955 Glenn T. Seaborg, Evans G. Valens
Nobelium 1958
Lawrencium 1961
Rutherfordium 1964
Dubnium 1970 Albert Ghiorso
Seaborgium 1974
Bohrium 1976 Y. Oganessian et al, Dubna and confirmed at GSI (1982)
Hassium 1984
Meitnerium 1982 Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenberg, GSI
Darmstadtium 1994 S. Hofmann, V. Ninov et al, GSI
Unununium 1994 S. Hofmann, V. Ninov et al, GSI
Ununbium 1996 S. Hofmann, V. Ninov et al, GSI
Ununquadium 1999
See also
- Periodic table
- Elements song
- Timeline of chemical element discovery
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A discovery is a novel observation, usually of a natural phenomenon.Contrast with: invention, technique, theory
Historical discoveries
The discovery that the Earth was not flat
[to be written; "discover" = rediscover]
Age of Exploration
The term has also been used for the beginning of contact between Europe and an area of the world such as the Columbus's discovery of America. Some find the latter use of the term objectionable as it ignores the existence of indigineous peoples of an area who knew about it before the Europeans.
Modern discoveries
The discovery of the structure of DNA. The discovery of quasars. and so on... please add to this list... please compare the invention article for a similar structure
See also: resource discovery
Law
Please note: Wikipedia does not give legal advice.''In law, the term discovery is used during pre-trial phase in a lawsuit in which each party through the law of civil procedure can request documents and other evidence from other parties or can compel the production of evidence by using a subpoena or through other discovery devices, such as requests for production and depositionss. In American law, discovery is wide ranging and can involve any material which is relevant to the case excepting information which is privileged or information which is the work product of the lawyers other side.
In practice, most civil cases in the United States are settled after discovery. After discovery, both sides usually are in agreement about the strength of each side's case and this produces a settlement which eliminates the expense and risks of a trial. The use of discovery has been criticized as favoring the wealthier side as one tactic is to make requests of information which are expensive and time consuming for the other side to fulfil.
Space Shuttle
The third operational Space Shuttle is named Discovery.
Music album
Discovery is an album by Electric Light Orchestra which was released in 1978.
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Discovery is the title of an album released by Daft Punk in 2002.
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Shuttle Orbiter Discovery (NASA Designation: OV-103) is a NASA Space Shuttle.
First flown on August 30, 1984, Discovery is the third operational shuttle (excluding test shuttle 'Enterprise'). The orbiter is still operational today, and has performed both research and International Space Station (ISS) assembly missions.
The craft takes its name from a ship used by explorer James Cook.
Flights
Date Designation 1984 August 30 STS-41-D 1984 November 8 STS-51-A 1985 January 24 STS-51-C 1985 April 12 STS-51-D 1985 June 17 STS-51-G 1985 August 27 STS-51-I 1985 September 29 STS-26 1988 March 13 STS-29 1989 November 22 STS-33 1990 April 24 STS-31 - launch of Hubble space telescope (HST) 1990 October 6 STS-41 - launch of Ulysses 1991 April 28 STS-39 1991 September 12 STS-48 1992 January 22 STS-42 1992 December 2 STS-53 1993 April 8 STS-56 1993 September 12 STS-51 1994 February 3 STS-60 1994 September 9 STS-64 1995 February 3 STS-63 1995 July 13 STS-70 1997 February 11 STS-82 - servicing HST 1997 August 7 STS-85 1998 June 2 STS-91 1998 October 29 STS-95 1999 May 27 STS-96 1999 December 19 STS-103 - servicing HST 2000 October 11 STS-92 2001 March 8 STS-102 2001 August 10 STS-10530 total flights
Rollover of the orbiter Discovery, 1998 (NASA)Related articles
- Space Shuttle
- Space Shuttle Challenger
- Space Shuttle Enterprise
- Space Shuttle Columbia
- Space Shuttle Atlantis
- Space Shuttle Endeavour
- Shuttle Buran
External links
- Orbiter Vehicles
- Shuttle Orbiter Discovery (OV-103)
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Synonyms: DiscoverySynonyms: breakthrough (n), find (n), uncovering (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Answer | Discovery; a; solution; (explanation); rationale; (cause); clue; (indication). |
Discovery | Noun: discovery, detection, disenchantment; ascertainment, disclosure, find, revelation. |
Experiment | Discovery; measurement; evidence. |
Knowledge | Light, enlightenment; glimpse, inkling; glimmer, glimmering; dawn; scent, suspicion; impression; (idea); discovery; a. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I've made the most important discovery of my life (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Hmmm, about the only thing that's going to cheer him up is the discovery of a body in the Lucky Dip. (Poirot; writing credit: Clive Exton; Anthony Horowitz) No, it' one of those '70s self discovery clubs that yell at you and don't let you go to the bathroom for 12 hours, right (Six Feet Under; writing credit: David Starkey) Discovery Channel has monkeys (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I should be just like you. Alone in my hermetically sealed condo, watching Discovery on the big screen, working genius-level crossword puzzles (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami) | |
Lyrics | So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if you have memorized the program schedule for the Discovery channel and have seen most of the shows already. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Discovery (1973) Seeds of Discovery (1966) The Discovery of Insulin (1961) A Terrible Discovery (1911) Professor Piecan's Discovery (1910) | |
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 | Pictured is a crowd scene of people walking outdoors. They are wearing light coats and jackets. Population studies tell much about how cancer is caused and how to prevent it. This photograph was in the NCI book "Decade of Discovery.". Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Shown is an outdoor summer scene in a treed area with a lake visible. Also seen are two runners in shorts. This is the cover photograph to the "Decade of Discovery" section entitled, "Lifestyle, Environment and Cancer". Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | The first discovery of bacteria from the genus Legionella came in 1976 when an outbreak of pneumonia at an American Legion convention led to 29 deaths. The causative agent, known as Legionella pneumophila, was isolated and given its own genus. Credit: CDC. |  | Discovery seen from Mir. Credit: NASA. |
 | Orange Soil Discovery. Credit: NASA. |  | A new golden era of space exploration and discovery began April 24, 1990 with the launch and ... Credit: NASA. |
 | For the first time since Pluto's discovery 66 years ago, astronomers have at last directly ... Credit: NASA. |  | Mosaic of the Discovery quadrangle of Mercury. Credit: NASA. |
 | Shuttle Discovery. Credit: NASA. |  | Wiredrag hung up on obstruction at buoy no. 4 Note "V" of buoy path characteristic of obstruction discovery Wiredrag party off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Discovery" by Brian Dimarucot Commentary: "Interesting lines.." | "Hot-air balloon" by Jeffrey Lingmont Commentary: "A hot-air discovery chaneel balloon just after take of, seen from a other balloon. ." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Smith | Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. |
Arthur Schopenhauer | The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively not by the false appearance of things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. |
Daniel J. Boorstin | The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge. |
Georg C. Lichtenberg | The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery. |
John Keats | Failure is in a sense the highway to success, as each discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true. |
Jones | He who sins against men may fear discovery, but he who sins against God is sure of it. |
Samuel Smiles | He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery. |
| We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. | |
William James | The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Modern industry has established the world-market, for which the discovery of America paved the way. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Clearing Offices will communicate to one another any evidence and information which might help the discovery and punishment of such collusion. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | This discovery laid many smaller matters open |
Contact | Carl Sagan | They were excellent at what they did and, especially in the discovery process, were utterly absorbed in their work |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | What is your discovery worth, then |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The discovery was soon made, I imagine, that the new Surveyor had no great harm in him. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A few moments afterwards, that wild and confused noise which follows upon the discovery of an escape, broke out in the prison |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A low murmur of curiosity ran round the chapel at the discovery of this girlish figure |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Having several scientists get the same results “confirms” that discovery. (references) | |
Bakken, J.S. (1998). The discovery of human granulocytotropic ehrlichiosis. (references) | ||
Once confirmed, a discovery becomes the stepping stone to other discoveries. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Kenya | The Government refused to reverse its 1994 denial of registration of the Islamic Party of Kenya (IPK) on the grounds that the IPK was a religious-based party, and had been involved in a number of violent confrontations with police in 1992. Following the discovery of "cult" killings in Uganda in 2000, William Ruto, Assistant Minister in the Office of the President, said that the Government would crack down on religious groups that endanger the safety of their adherents; however, there was no reported harassment of religious groups, and no action was taken by the end of the year. (references) |
Economic History | Korea | Civil procedures common in the United States, such as pretrial discovery, do not exist in Korea. (references) |
Trinidad | Recently, BP announced the discovery of another 1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) off Trinidad's east coast. (references) | |
Human Rights | Malaysia | In general, limited pretrial discovery in criminal cases hobbles defendants' ability to defend themselves. (references) |
Congo | After the April 15 discovery of an arms cache in Kinshasa's Ngaliema district, security agents arrested many civilians and ex-FAZ soldiers from the Mobutu regime. (references) | |
Netherlands | Arrests may be made without such authorization upon the discovery of any crime in progress or for crimes that carry a statutory prison sentence of 4 years or more. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Brazil | The report also noted that, in the 500 years since discovery, 85 percent of native languages had become extinct. (references) |
Brazil | The study found that, during 2000, the indigenous population grew by 3.5 percent, to a total of approximately 350,000 persons, spread among 216 "nations." At the beginning of the 20th century, the population was approximately one-third its present size, and scholars have estimated that about 1,000 indigenous "nations," comprising 3 to 4 million persons, existed at the time of discovery by the Europeans. (references) | |
Political Economy | China | Some lawyers, law professors, and jurists continued publicly to press for a transparent system of discovery, abolition of coerced confessions, a presumption of innocence, an independent judiciary, the right to remain silent, and improved administrative laws giving citizens recourse against unlawful acts by the Government. (references) |
Travel | Philippines | In the Ortigas area are the EDSA Shangrila Hotel, Richmonde Hotel, Linden Suites, Discovery Suites and Galleria Suites Condotel. (references) |
Worker Rights | Belgium | A Belgian driver was arrested shortly after the discovery; at year's end, the case against him remained pending. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | There are prices at the consumer, exploration, discovery, production, manufacturing and distributing levels. |
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John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The voyages of discovery prosecuted in the course of that time at the expense of those nations have not only redounded to their glory, but to the improvement of human knowledge. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | With new resources, NIH will now become the most powerful discovery engine for an AIDS vaccine, working with other scientists to finally end the threat of AIDS. |
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| "Discovery" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.72% of the time. "Discovery" is used about 2,833 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.72% | 2,825 | 3,278 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.28% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,833 | N/A |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | The Fleming US Discovery Investment Trust P.L.C. | USA | Discovery Laboratories, Inc. |
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Expressions using "discovery": Discovery Bay ♦ Discovery Day ♦ discovery of documents ♦ great discovery ♦ ICMP Router Discovery Protocol ♦ learning by discovery ♦ learning from observation and discovery ♦ scientific discovery ♦ service discovery protocol server ♦ valuable discovery ♦ voyage of discovery. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "discovery": Discovery-Spring Garden. | |
Ending with "discovery": re-discovery. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
discovery channel | 7,942 | discovery health.com | 119 |
discovery | 2,258 | discovery museum | 119 |
discovery cove | 1,004 | discovery bay | 109 |
discovery toy | 850 | discovery center | 102 |
discovery health | 767 | port discovery | 95 |
discovery for kid | 766 | discovery meteor perseid shower | 93 |
land rover discovery | 595 | discovery communication | 90 |
discovery store | 429 | teacher discovery | 85 |
discovery zone | 340 | drug discovery | 76 |
discovery chanel | 317 | network discovery | 68 |
discovery channel.com | 305 | wings of discovery | 68 |
discovery cruise | 286 | discovery channel com | 67 |
discovery health channel | 257 | cove discovery orlando | 67 |
discovery channel store | 238 | discovery science center | 65 |
discovery cruise line | 220 | discovery tv | 64 |
discovery school | 175 | child discovery museum | 64 |
discovery com | 171 | discovery magazine | 62 |
discovery kids.com | 149 | self discovery | 50 |
discovery place | 137 | land rover discovery part | 50 |
discovery card | 137 | discovery camp | 50 |
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| Language | Translations for "discovery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | ontdekking. (various references) | |
Albanian | zbulim (detection, disclosure, divulge, exploration, exposure, eye opener, finding, guess, intelligence, invention, outcrop, prospection, reconnaissance, reconnoiter, reconnoitre, reveal, strike, uncovering), talent i porsazbuluar, gjetje (find, procuration, procurement, recovery), gjë e zbuluar. (various references) | |
Arabic | وجود (existence), عثور (detection of), ما يكتشف, المكتشف, إكتشاف (detection, find, invention, treasure trove). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | развръзка (denouement, payoff, resolution), откритие (invention, revelation), откриване (detection, explication, finding, lead off, opening, revelation). (various references) | |
Chinese | 发现 (Discover, Discovered, Discoveries, Discovering, find, finding, found). (various references) | |
Czech | objevení (apparition, appearance), objev (find, finding), nález (find, finding, strike). (various references) | |
Danish | opdagelse (detection). (various references) | |
Dutch | ontdekking. (various references) | |
Esperanto | malkovro. (various references) | |
Farsi | یابش , پی بری , کشف (Detection, Intuition, Overture), اکتشاف (Detection, Reconnaissance). (various references) | |
Finnish | löytö (find), ilmitulo (detection), ilmisota (detection). (various references) | |
French | découverte. (various references) | |
German | Entdeckung (detection, finding, recovering, serendipity, spotting). (various references) | |
Greek | ανακάλυψη (detection, find). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ממצא (find, finding), מציאה (bargain, find, finding, windfall), תגלית (find, finding), גלוי (apparent, detection, disclosure, evident, exhibition, exposed, manifest, manifestation, obvious, open, overt, patent, plain, revelation, straight). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felfedezés (find, finding, revelation, tracing). (various references) | |
Indonesian | deteksi (detection), penemuan (contrivance, detection). (various references) | |
Italian | scoperta (detection, disclosure, find, finding, serendipity, strike). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 露見 (detection, exposure), 露顕 (detection, exposure), 発見 , 発見 (detection, finding), 発掘 (excavation, exhumation), 創製 (invention, origination). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そうせい (bearing twins, creation of world, dense growth, dying young, early death, healthy growth, invention, origination, people, petitioning the Emperor, the masses, twins), ろけん (berm, detection, exposure, shoulder of a road), はっくつ (excavation, exhumation), はっけん (detection, finding, note issuing). (various references) | |
Korean | 발견 (Discoveries, Discovering, find, finding, founding, heuristic). (various references) | |
Manx | scrialtys (scouting), feddyn magh (ascertain, ascertainment, determine, dig out, discover, elicit, invent, invention, seek out). (various references) | |
Norwegian | oppdagelse. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iscoveryday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | descobrimento (invention), descoberta (detection, find, finding). (various references) | |
Romanian | divulgare (disclosure, divulgation), descoperire (disclosure, find, finding, invention, revelation, strike), relevare care duce la deznodãmânt, nãscocire (concoction, contrivance, fable, fabrication, fib, figment, invention, lie, make up, tale, yarn), invenţie (contraption, invention, make up), achiziţie (acquirement, acquisition, job). (various references) | |
Russian | раскрытие (disclosure, opening, show-up), развертывание (deployment, development, explication), открытие (detection, disclosure, finding, opening). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dokazni materijal (evidence), pronalazak (contrivance, finding, invention), otkriće (disclosure), nalazište (deposit, find, finding). (various references) | |
Spanish | descubrimiento (detection, excavation, finding, inventiveness, strike). (various references) | |
Swedish | upptäckt (detection, disclosure, discovered, discoveries, find, finding, revelation), fynd (bargain, bonanza, catch, find, finding, godsend, snip, steal, strike). (various references) | |
Turkish | ortaya çıkarma (ascertainment, disclosure, expose, exposure), keşif (detection, estimation, exploration, find, finding, reconnaissance), buluş (brain child, brainchild, breakthrough, contrivance, creation, detection, find, finding, innovation, invention, puberty), bulgu (evidence, find, finding, indication, symptom). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tapyndy (find). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розгортання (deployment, escalation, evolution), відкриття (find, finding, revelation), виявлення (detection, eduction, loose, outcrop, sighting, signification, spotting). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tìm ra (detection, finding), sự phát hiện ra điều khám phá ra, sự khám phá ra (detection), điều tìm ra, điều phát hiện ra. (various references) | |
Welsh | darganfyddiad. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inventa, inventi, inventionem, inventique, inventis, invento, inventum, repperta, repperti, reppertum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 11, Verse 33 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | W baqoV ploutou kai sofiaV kai gnwsewV qeou wV anexereunhta ta krimata autou kai anexicniastoi ai odoi autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei quam inconprehensibilia sunt iudicia eius et investigabiles viae eius |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | La, deopnes and welaof Godes wisdome and gewitenesse!Hu unforstandlic his dom,his paðas geond laste. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | O! the heiynesse of the ritchessis of the wisdom and of the kunnyng of God; hou incomprehensible ben hise domes, and hise weies ben vnserchable. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | O the depnes of the aboundaunt wysdome and knowledge of God: how vnserchable are his iudgementes and his wayes past findyng out. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Romans Chapter 11, Verse 33 |
| Cebuano | ¶ O ang kahilabihan gayud sa kadagaya ug sa kaalam ug sa kahibalo nga iya sa Dios! Pagkadili matugkad sa iyang mga paghukom ug pagkadili matukib sa iyang mga paagi! |
| Croatian | O dubino bogatstva, i mudrosti, i spoznanja Božjega! Kako li su nedokuèivi sudovi i neistraživi putovi njegovi! |
| Danish | O Dyb af Guds Rigdom og Visdom og Kundskab! hvor uransagelige ere hans Domme, og hans Veje usporlige! |
| Dutch | O diepte des rijkdoms, beide der wijsheid en der kennis Gods, hoe ondoorzoekelijk zijn Zijn oordelen, en onnaspeurlijk Zijn wegen! |
| Finnish | Oi sitä Jumalan rikkauden ja viisauden ja tiedon syvyyttä! Kuinka tutkimattomat ovat hänen tuomionsa ja käsittämättömät hänen tiensä! |
| French | O profondeur de la richesse, de la sagesse et de la science de Dieu! Que ses jugements sont insondables, et ses voies incompréhensibles! Car |
| German | O welch eine Tiefe des Reichtums, beides, der Weisheit und Erkenntnis Gottes! Wie gar unbegreiflich sind sein Gerichte und unerforschlich seine Wege! |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ O, gade jan Bondye rich non! Bon konprann li, konesans li, nou pa ka sonde yo! Sa depase nou anpil. Ki moun ki ka esplike jijman Bondye? Ki moun ki konprann lide li gen nan tèt li? Jan sa ekri nan Liv la: |
| Hungarian | Óh Isten gazdagságának, bölcseségének és tudományának mélysége! Mely igen kikutathatatlanok az õ ítéletei s kinyomozhatatlanok az õ útai! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sungguh hebat kekayaan Allah! Sungguh besar kebijaksanaan dan pengetahuan-Nya! Siapakah yang dapat menyelidiki keputusan-keputusan-Nya? Siapakah yang dapat mengerti cara-caranya Ia bekerja? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Alangkah dalamnya kekayaan dan hikmat dan pengetahuan Allah, sehingga tiada terselidik segala hukum-Nya dan tiada terduga segala jalan-Nya! |
| Italian | O profondità della ricchezza, della sapienza e della scienza di Dio! Quanto sono imperscrutabili i suoi giudizi e inaccessibili le sue vie! |
| Maori | ¶ Ano te hohonu, te hua ngatahi hoki o te whakaaro o te Atua me tona mohio! e kore ana tikanga e taea te rapu, ona huarahi te whakataki! |
| Norwegian | O dyp av rikdom og visdom og kunnskap hos Gud! Hvor uransakelige hans dommer er, og hvor usporlige hans veier! |
| Portuguese | Ó profundidade das riquezas, tanto da sabedoria, como da ciência de Deus! Quão insondáveis são os seus juízos, e quão inescrutáveis os seus caminhos! |
| Rumanian | O, adkncul bogqyiei, knyelepciunii wi wtiinyei lui Dumnezeu! Ckt de nepqtrunse sknt judecqyile Lui, wi ckt de neknyelese sknt cqile Lui! |
| Shuar | ¶ Maa, Yus Imiá shiirchakait. Tí nekachukait. Ni Túramu penké nekaachminiaitji. |
| Spanish | ¡Oh la profundidad de las riquezas, y de la sabiduría y del conocimiento de Dios! ¡Cuán incomprensibles son sus juicios e inescrutables sus caminos! |
| Swahili | Utajiri, hekima na elimu ya Mungu ni kuu mno! Huruma zake hazichunguziki, na njia zake hazieleweki! Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: |
| Swedish | O, vilket djup av rikedom och vishet och kunskap hos Gud! Huru outgrundliga äro icke hans domar, och huru outrannsakliga hans vägar! |
| Uma | ¶ Uma mpu'u mowo kabohe tuwu' -na Alata'ala! Uma mowo kamonoto nono-na pai' kape'inca-na! Hema to ma'ala mpeputu patuju-na! Hema to ma'ala mpewulihi' hawe'ea bago-na! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "discovery": prediscovery, rediscovery. (additional references) | |
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"Discovery" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dicovery, discarvard, discoery, discove, discoverd. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "discovery" (pronounced di'sku"verē or di'sku"vrē) |
| 3 | -v er ē | bravery, Calvary, delivery, ivory, every, livery, ovary, reverie, Savory, silvery, slavery, thievery, unsavory. |
| 6 | -s k u" v r ē | rediscovery. |
| 5 | -k u" v r ē | recovery. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-o-r-s-v-y" | |
-1 letter: codrives, discover, divorces, viceroys. | |
-2 letters: codrive, devisor, devoirs, divorce, scrived, viceroy, visored, voicers, voiders. | |
-3 letters: cervid, ciders, coders, corves, cosied, cosier, covers, coveys, credos, cyders, decors, decoys, descry, devoir, dicers, dioecy, divers, dories, drives, droves, scored, scried, scrive, videos, vireos, voiced, voicer, voices, voider. | |
-4 letters: cedis, ceros, cider, cires, coder, codes, coeds, coirs, cords. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-o-r-s-v-y" | |
+2 letters: rediscovery. | |
+3 letters: conveyorised, prediscovery. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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