Definition of Discovery

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Discovery

The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets.

Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood.

That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.

Exploration; examination.

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Discovery Quotations

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
Albert Einstein

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
Albert Einstein

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.
Thomas Merton

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.
Thomas Merton

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
Oprah Winfrey

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Lee Iacocca

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust

It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous.
Aldous Huxley

Discovery Translations

discovery in Afrikaans is ontdekking
discovery in Danish is opdagelse
discovery in Dutch is ontdekking
discovery in German is Entdeckung
discovery in Italian is scoperta
discovery in Norwegian is oppdagelse
discovery in Portuguese is descoberta, descobrimento
discovery in Spanish is descubrimiento

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