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reconnaissance definition

re·con·nais·sance (ri kän′ə səns, -zəns)

noun

an exploratory survey or examination, as in seeking out information about enemy positions or installations, or as in making a preliminary geologic or engineering survey

Etymology: Fr, earlier reconnoissance: see recognizance

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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