An excursion is a trip or visit to an interesting place, especially one that is arranged or recommended by a holiday company or tourist organization. Another pleasant excursion is Malaga, 18 miles away. = outing
Where the leaching solutions used in the uranium In Situ Leaching (ISL) mining technique escape outside the mining zone (see ISL - Overview or Out of Sight Out of Mind)
If you describe an activity as an excursion into something, you mean that it is an attempt to develop or understand something new that you have not experienced before. Radio 3's latest excursion into ethnic music, dance and literature
An idea generation technique to force discontinuities into the idea set Excursions consist of three generic steps: 1 Step away from the task; 2 Generate disconnected or irrelevant material; 3 Force a connection back to the task
in in situ leaching, the term for a contaminant; the spread of sulfuric acid from a "controlled" underground area to outside boundaries (i e a communities water supply)
The operation of a reactor beyond its normal operating limits This is usually done experimentally to test reactor stability and to explore safety features of nuclear reactors
The (maximum) distance that a speaker (typically a woofer) unit may travel without suffering mechanical damage So called longthrow woofers may feature peak excursions exceeding 25 mm (1")
You can refer to a short journey as an excursion, especially if it is made for pleasure or enjoyment. In Bermuda, Sam's father took him on an excursion to a coral barrier. = trip