search (noun)

  • 41search and rescue mission — noun a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them • Hypernyms: ↑rescue, ↑deliverance, ↑delivery, ↑saving …

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  • 42search coil — noun : flip coil * * * search coil, a small coil of insulated wire used for measuring the strength of magnetic fields by means of the currents induced in the coil. * * * n. Physics a flat coil of insulated wire connected to a galvanometer, used… …

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  • 43search|light — «SURCH LYT», noun. 1. a powerful light that can throw a very bright beam of light in any direction. 2. the beam of light so thrown: »The searchlights had begun their nightly wanderings (John Galsworthy) …

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  • 44search engine — noun an application that searches for, and retrieves, data based on some criteria, especially one that searches the Internet for documents containing specified words …

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  • 45search and rescue — noun An effort to save persons whose locations are not precisely known from hazardous situations …

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  • 46search wand — noun A hand held security device for detecting metal objects, or transmitters, etc. carried by a person …

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  • 47search box — noun a text box the contents of which are to be searched for in a database, on the Internet, etc …

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  • 48search engine — noun Computing a program that searches for and identifies items in a database that correspond to keywords or characters specified by the user, used especially for searching the Internet …

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  • 49search party — noun a group of people organized to look for someone or something that is lost …

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  • 50search party — noun (C) a group of people organized to look for someone who is missing or lost …

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