"discovery" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

The act of discovering something (synset 100043933)
is a type of: act, deed, human action, human activity - something that people do or cause to happen
subtypes:
- tracing - the discovery and description of the course of development of something
- catching, detection, espial, spotting, spying - the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- self-discovery - discovering your own individuality
- breakthrough - making an important discovery
- determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
- rediscovery - the act of discovering again
same as: find, uncovering
Something that is discovered (synset 107229092)
is a type of: disclosure, revealing, revelation - the speech act of making something evident
A productive insight (synset 105816226)
is a type of: brainstorm, brainwave, insight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

same as: breakthrough, find
(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case;
Enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case (synset 107229302)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority

is a type of: disclosure, revealing, revelation - the speech act of making something evident