Rediscovery
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of rediscovering. countable, uncountable
"The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840."
- 2 the act of discovering again wordnet
- 3 A second or subsequent discovery of the same thing. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840."
Etymology
From re- + discovery.
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