Discovered

//dɪsˈkʌvəd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of discover form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    discovered or determined by scientific observation wordnet

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ascertainedascertainedconceivedfabricatedfoundfound

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"Mathematics is the part of science you could continue to do if you woke up tomorrow and discovered the universe was gone."

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newly-discovered

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