reconnaissance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)

   An exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.

   The third member, Sergeant Pieter Rousseau, had been with the back-up teams at the Hub; he was an expert on space reconnaissance instrumentation, but on this trip he would have to depend on his own eyes and a small portable telescope.

Borrowed from French reconnaissance (“recognition”). Doublet of recognizance.

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