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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Discovery \Dis*cov"er*y\, n.; pl. {Discoveries}.
     1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open;
        showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
  
     2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is
        bound to make a full discovery of his assets.
  
              In the clear discoveries of the next [world].
                                                    --South.
  
     3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown
        or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation
        of the blood.
  
              A brilliant career of discovery and conquest.
                                                    --Prescott.
  
              We speak of the ``invention'' of printing, the
              discovery of America.                 --Trench.
  
     4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the
        first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties
        of the magnet were an important discovery.
  
     5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  discovery
       n 1: the act of discovering something [syn: {find}, {uncovering}]
       2: something that is discovered
       3: a productive insight [syn: {breakthrough}, {find}]
       4: (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

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