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Discovery
01
the act of finding something for the first time and before others
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Abstract
Composition
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Plural form
discoveries
Examples
The discovery of penicillin revolutionized medicine by introducing the first antibiotic.
02
a productive insight
03
something that is discovered
04
(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
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rediscovery
discovery
