excursion

Definition von excursion im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way
While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer.; a journey; {n} a digression, ramble, walk, journey; A short journey; 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); wandering from the main path of a journey; Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke; {i} outing, trip; The cheapest, published fare offered by a Domestic, US airline Also known as Super-saver or Max saver fares; A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country; ] a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field; 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; A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally; 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; [An awkward use of the word; 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"); a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"; This term refers to how far forward/backward a speaker can move; A going out or forth; deviation from a direct, definite, or proper course; 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; A wandering from a subject; digression; n journey, ramble, trip for pleasure, digression
excursion steamer: A steamboat used to take people on coastal, lake or river pleasure-trips
excursion rate: a reduced rate for a round-trip ticket
excursion ticket: round trip ticket at a reduced fare
excursion train: train which makes a round trip
An excursion: outroad
An excursion: outlope
An excursion: outrode
excursions: plural of excursion
lunar excursion module: a spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back
lunar excursion module: n. A spacecraft designed to transport astronauts from a command module orbiting the moon to the lunar surface and back. Also called lunar module
scientific excursion: trip for the purpose of science

excursion

Silbentrennung

ex·cur·sion

Türkische aussprache

îkskırjın

Synonyme

circuit, cruise, day trip, digression, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, picnic, pleasure trip, ramble, round trip, safari, tour, trek

Aussprache

/əkˈskərᴢʜən/ /ɪkˈskɜrʒən/

Etymologie

() From Latin excursio (“a running out, an inroad, invasion, a setting out, beginning of a speech”) excurrere (“to run out”) ex (“out”) + currere (“to run”)