EXCURSION
\ɛkskˈɜːʃən], \ɛkskˈɜːʃən], \ɛ_k_s_k_ˈɜː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EXCURSION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
A wandering from a subject; digression.
-
Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]
By Oddity Software
-
A wandering from a subject; digression.
-
Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
-
A going forth: an expedition: a trip for pleasure or health: a wandering from the main subject: a digression.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
-
Deviation from a prescribed course; a going beyond fixed limits; a digression; a trip for health or pleasure.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
Word of the day
Sporadic Retinoblastoma
- A malignant arising nuclear layer retina that is most primary eye in children. The tumor tends to occur early childhood or infancy present at birth. majority are sporadic, but condition may be transmitted as autosomal dominant trait. Histologic features include dense cellularity, small round polygonal cells, areas of calcification and necrosis. An abnormal pupil reflex (leukokoria); NYSTAGMUS; STRABISMUS; visual loss represent common clinical characteristics this condition. (From DeVita et al., Cancer: Principles Practice Oncology, 5th ed, p2104)