Definition of Rediscovery

1. Noun. The act of discovering again.

Generic synonyms: Discovery, Find, Uncovering
Derivative terms: Rediscover

Definition of Rediscovery

1. Noun. The act of rediscovering ¹

2. Noun. A second or subsequent discovery of the same thing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rediscovery

1. discovery [n -RIES] - See also: discovery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rediscovery

redisburse
redisbursed
redisburses
redisbursing
rediscount
rediscountable
rediscounted
rediscounting
rediscounts
rediscover
rediscover fire
rediscovered
rediscoveries
rediscovering
rediscovers
rediscovery (current term)
rediscuss
rediscussed
rediscusses
rediscussing
rediscussion
redisperse
redispersed
redisperses
redispersing
redisplay
redisplayed
redisplaying
redisplays
redisposal

Literary usage of Rediscovery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"rediscovery of the Laws of Equilibrium of ... must be considered as the earliest of the authors of this rediscovery; for his work (Principles of Statik and ..."

2. History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1847)
"rediscovery of the Laies of Equilibrium of Fluids. TTTE have already said, that the true laws of f V the equilibrium of fluids were discovered by Archimedes ..."

3. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1859)
"rediscovery of the Laws of Equilibrium of Fluids. WE have already said, that the true laws of the equilibrium of fluids were discovered by Archimedes, ..."

4. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1858)
"rediscovery of the Laws of Equilibrium of Fluids. ¥E have already said, that the true laws of the equilibrium of fluids were discovered by Archimedes, ..."

5. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1892)
"^e ocean outside the Straits of Gibraltar their rediscovery became certain. But this rediscovery by Italian navigators had no immediate result. ..."

6. Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War by William Michael Murray (1989)
"The rediscovery of the Monument (cf. Fig. 1) In June 1805, Col. WM Leake paid a visit to southern Epirus and correctly identified the ruins near Preveza ..."

7. Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War by William Michael Murray (1989)
"The rediscovery of the Monument (cf. Fig. 1) In June 1805, Col. WM Leake paid a visit to southern Epirus and correctly identified the ruins near Preveza ..."

8. The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity by William Henry Withrow (1884)
"THE rediscovery AND EXPLORATION OF THE CATACOMBS. IT would seem that the rediscovery of the Catacombs was providentially reserved to a period especially ..."

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