# Exploratory

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**Exploratory** may refer to:

- [Exploration](/source/Exploration), the act of searching or traveling by land, sea, air or space for the purpose of discovery of resources or information
- [Exploratory committee](/source/Exploratory_committee), in United States politics, an organization that tests the feasibility of a potential candidate running for an elected office
- [Exploratory data analysis](/source/Exploratory_data_analysis), an approach to analyzing data for the purpose of formulating hypotheses worth testing
- [Exploratory engineering](/source/Exploratory_engineering), the process of making models of systems that are not feasible with current technologies
- [Exploratory (museum)](/source/Exploratory_(museum)), a hands-on science museum in Bristol, England, from 1987 to 1999
- [Exploratory research](/source/Exploratory_research), a type of research conducted for a problem that has not been clearly defined
- [Exploratory search](/source/Exploratory_search) a specialization of information exploration used by searchers who have difficulties with the domain or achieving their goal
- [Exploratory surgery](/source/Exploratory_surgery), a surgery performed to find a diagnosis for an ailment, improvements in imaging technology have reduced their usage
- [Exploratory testing](/source/Exploratory_testing), an approach to software testing that is concisely described as simultaneous learning, test design and test execution
- [Space Solar Power Exploratory Research and Technology program](/source/Space_Solar_Power_Exploratory_Research_and_Technology_program), research conducted on the feasibility of solar power beamed from space

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