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Word: Excursion
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (in the sense ‘act of running out’, also ‘sortie’ in the phrase alarums and excursions (see alarum): from Latin excursio(n-), from the verb excurrere ‘run out’, from ex- ‘out’ + currere ‘to run’
ɪkˈskəːʃn
ɛkˈskəːʃn
a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity
Short Definition:short journey or trip
Examples:- an excursion to London Zoo
a deviation from a regular activity or course
Short Definition:deviation from regular activity
Examples:- the firm's disastrous excursion into the US electrical market
a movement of something along a path or through an angle
Short Definition:movement of something along path
Examples:- large excursions of the hip and knee joint
- a gantry controlled the radial and tangential excursion of each detector
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