Probing

The term probing , derived from the tool probe , generally stands for investigations to assess and estimate certain conditions, more specifically:

• in medicine: the use z. E.g. a nasogastric tube for possible examinations
• in (mountain) rescue: probing (mountain rescue) , the search for buried victims by search teams, also with avalanche probes
• In construction (foundation engineering): Various methods for obtaining soil samples and examining the soil structure to assess e.g. E.g. the storage density and consistency of a subsurface, for example ram core sounding , ramming sounding , pressure sounding , standard penetration test , borehole drilling
• in politics and society: exploratory talks for the informal rapprochement between two possible discussion partners or coalition partners, see also coalition (politics)
• in archeology: prospecting (archeology) (see also probe )
• in geology, geothermal energy: prospection (geology) ; also: drilling for the use of geothermal probes
• in computer science: function in connection with hash tables

See also:

Wiktionary: exploration  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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