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Reconnaissance

//ɹiˈkɒnəsəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information. countable, uncountable

    "The third member, Sergeant Pieter Rousseau, had been with the back-up teams at the Hub; he was an expert on space reconnaissance instrumentation, but on this trip he would have to depend on his own eyes and a small portable telescope."

  2. 2
    the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy) wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French reconnaissance (“recognition”). Doublet of recognizance.

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