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probing
[ proh-bing ]
adjective
- examining, investigating, or exploring something in a deep or searching way:
There was scarcely any discussion of the proposal—no probing questions, and no legal or ethical issues raised.
noun
- the act or practice of examining, investigating, or exploring something in a deep or searching way:
Constant probing of the night sky by scientists reveals an abundance of activity within our solar system.
- the act of examining or exploring something by means of a probe or any of various instruments, devices, etc.:
Probing of the blocked duct was done under anesthesia.
- Computers. the process of scanning a network, database, webpage, web app, etc., in order to obtain information about its structure and any security weaknesses that could be used to launch an attack: undertaken either maliciously by hostile parties, or diagnostically and preventively by those wishing to improve security.
Other Word Forms
- ·Բ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of probing1
Example Sentences
The Times previously reported the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is probing the Full-Self Driving technology after reports of four collisions in low-visibility conditions, including one in which a pedestrian was killed.
I regularly did more research on what type of mascara to buy than I did any online probing about this man for whom I was about to detonate my life.
Rather, it’s keen on probing our sick and broken world to reveal all of the hope that still exists in the shadows.
Working with Jones seemed an interesting avenue for probing that theme.
Asking critical questions and probing more profoundly, “that’s what makes it different from a town hall,” he emphasizes.
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