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space probe
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun space probe has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
space probe, n.
an unmanned rocket carrying instruments to explore objects or conditions in outer space; -- used mostly for vehicles travelling beyond the earth's gravitational field, rather than in orbital or suborbital flight. [PJC]
THESAURUS
space probe
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