excursion
excursion Lexical Profile
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• noun
A short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity or by a group of people.
"The conference organizers arranged an afternoon excursion to the nearby botanical gardens."
A temporary departure from a main topic, regular activity, or normal state; a digression or venture into a new field.
"After a brief excursion into local politics, she returned to her career in academic research."
In physics and engineering, a movement outward and back from a mean position or axis in an oscillating system, or a temporary deviation from a normal operating parameter.
"Sensors recorded a brief temperature excursion inside the reactor vessel before the cooling system stabilized."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Latin excursio ('a running out, raid, or digression'), from excurrere ('to run out'), formed from ex- ('out') and currere ('to run').