Noun
The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries
physical examination.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWriting is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. E. L. Doctorow
The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way. Thornton Wilder
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. Ansel Adams
Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised. Apsley Cherry-Garrard
If we define Futurism as an exploration beyond accepted limits, then the nature of limiting systems becomes the first object of exploration. Frank Herbert
An exploration of the challenges Korea faces in transforming its economy from a government-directed, low-cost producer to an innovative world economic power based on its own scientific and technological development. Lewis M. Branscomb