| discovery | |
| 1. n. Something discovered. | |
| This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease. | |
| 2. n. The discovering of new things. | |
| The purpose of the voyage was discovery. | |
| automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser | |
| 3. n. (archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation. | |
| 4. n. (legal) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. | |
| The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery. | |
| 5. n. (legal) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. | |
| The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate. | |
