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adj. Serving to explore or investigate

n. An exploration or investigation

adj. Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.

Exploring; searching; examining.

adj. serving in or intended for exploration or discovery

"RITTER: Normally, they do what we call exploratory bites."

wild-cat    searching    alpha    preliminary    beta   

searching    examining    explorative   

oratory   

interplanetary    two-week    deep space    experimental    round-the-world    in-depth    archaeological    upcoming    fact-finding    six-month