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What does discovery mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word discovery? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Something discovered.
  2. (uncountable) The discovering of new things.
  3. (countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
  4. (law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
  5. (law, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
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The discovery of antibiotic drugs has been helpful in treating acute infection associated with chronic bronchitis.
This three-year project was to lead to the discovery of the causes of radioactive emissions.
This article reviews the discovery and the further studies on qinghaosu and its derivatives.
However, this concept is challenged by the discovery of different pollen cones from the Arkansas and English Wealden localities.
He dismissed claims that the discovery was kept quiet until last Thursday's General Election was over.
Dmitri Mendeleev's discovery of the periodic law in the late 1860s was a remarkable accomplishment.

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