Discovery may refer to: *

Discovery (observation) Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something previously unrecognized as meaningful. With reference to sciences and academic disciplines, discovery is the observation of new phenomena, new actions, or new events and providing ...

, observing or finding something unknown *

Discovery (fiction) Anagnorisis (; grc, ἀναγνώρισις) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Anagnorisis originally meant recognition in its Greek context, not only of a person but also of what that person stood ...

, a character's learning something unknown *

Discovery (law) Discovery, in the law of common law jurisdictions, is a pre-trial procedure in a lawsuit in which each party, through the law of civil procedure, can obtain evidence from the other party or parties by means of discovery devices such as inter ...

, a process in courts of law relating to evidence Discovery, The Discovery or Discoveries may also refer to:

Film and television

* ''The Discovery'' (film), a 2017 British-American romantic science fiction film *

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...

, an American TV channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery * ''Discovery'' (Canadian TV series), a 1962–1963 Canadian documentary television program * ''Discovery'' (Irish TV series), an Irish documentary television programme * ''Discovery'' (UK TV programme), a British documentary television programme * ''Discovery'' (U.S. TV series), a 1962–1971 American television news program * '' Star Trek: Discovery'', an American television series ** USS ''Discovery'' (NCC-1031), a fictional space craft on ''Star Trek: Discovery''

Literature

* ''The Discovery'' (Frances Sheridan play) (1763) * ''The Discovery'' (Animorphs), children's book * ''Discovery'', a fictional space ship in Ursula Le Guin's ''

Paradises Lost ''Paradises Lost'' is a science fiction novella by American author Ursula K. Le Guin. It was first published in 2002 as a part of the collection ''The Birthday of the World''. It is set during a multigenerational voyage from Earth to a potent ...

Music

Discovery Records Discovery Records was a United States-based record company and label known for its recordings of jazz music. Discovery was founded in 1948 by jazz fan and promoter Albert Marx. The record label eventually would record jazz notables such as Dizzy ...

, a record label *

Discovery (band) Discovery is an American indie electronic recording project of Rostam Batmanglij and Wesley Miles, friends who began recording together in the summer of 2005. History Before Batmanglij and Miles found success in the indie rock scene with Vampir ...

an indietronica side project from members of Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend * ''Discovery'', Op. 13, a song cycle by

Howard Ferguson George Howard Ferguson, PC (June 18, 1870 – February 21, 1946) was the ninth premier of Ontario, from 1923 to 1930. He was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1930 who represented the eastern provincia ...

Albums

* ''The Discovery'' (album), a 2011 album by Born of Osiris * ''Discovery'' (Larry Carlton album) * ''Discovery'' (Daft Punk album) * ''Discovery'' (Electric Light Orchestra album) ** ''Discovery'' (music video) * ''Discovery'' (Jewelry album) * ''Discovery'' (Mr. Children album) * ''Discovery'' (Mike Oldfield album) ** ''Discovery'' Tour 1984 * ''Discovery'' (box set), a box set of Pink Floyd albums * ''Discovery'' (Shanice album) * ''

Disc-Overy ''Disc-Overy'' is the debut studio album by the British rapper Tinie Tempah, released in Ireland on 1 October 2010 and in the United Kingdom on 4 October, by Parlophone Records. The original album track list includes Kelly Rowland, Ellie Goul ...

'', a 2010 album by Tinie Tempah

Songs

* "Discovery" (song), a song by Mamoru Miyano * "Discovery", a song by Chris de Burgh from ''

Beautiful Dreams ''Beautiful Dreams'' is the twelfth album by British-Irish singer-songwriter Chris de Burgh, released in 1995. It is a collection of songs recorded with a full orchestra. It includes a mix of his own songs from previous albums, three new songs a ...

'' * "The Discovery", a 1974 instrumental Tyner McCoy from ''

Echoes of a Friend ''Echoes of a Friend'' is a 1972 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the JVC label, and later on the Milestone label. It was recorded in Tokyo, Japan, on November 11, 1972, and features Tyner in a solo piano tribute to John Coltrane. ...

Schools

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Discovery College Discovery College () is a private independent school operated by the ESF in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong. It offers both primary and secondary education on one campus. The school first opened in August 2008 after replacing another ESF school, Bauhini ...

, a college in Hong Kong * * * *

Vehicles

Air and space

* Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' *

Aero Concepts Discovery The Aero Concepts Discovery is an American amateur-built aircraft, produced by Aero Concepts of Florida. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume ...

, an American homebuilt aircraft design *

Offpiste Discovery The Offpiste Discovery is a series of British high-wing, single or two-place, hang gliders that were designed by Bill Pain and produced by Colin Lark's company Offpiste Aviation Limited (Off The Beaten Track) of Dursley, Gloucestershire. Now ou ...

, a British hang glider design *

SC Discovery The SC Discovery is a Ukraine, Ukrainian single-place paraglider that was designed and produced by SC Paragliding of Kharkiv. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 28. ...

, a Ukrainian paraglider design

Land

Land Rover Discovery Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the continents and various isla ...

& Discovery Sport, a 4×4 SUV

Marine

* ''Discovery'' (1602 ship) * ''Discovery'' (fireboat), a fireboat operating near the mouth of the Columbia River * MV ''Discovery'', a cruise ship * HMCS ''Discovery'', a Vancouver stone frigate * HMS ''Discovery'' (1741), a 6-gun storeship * HMS ''Discovery'' (1774), an 8-gun discovery vessel * HMS ''Discovery'' (1789), a 10-gun sloop * HMS ''Discovery'' (1874), a wood screw storeship * ''Discovery'' (HBC vessel), built 1905, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels * HSC HSS ''Discovery'', a high-speed ferry * RRS ''Discovery'', the ship on Captain R.F. Scott's Antarctic expedition * RRS ''Discovery'' (1962), a British Royal Research Ship * RRS ''Discovery'' (2013), a British Royal Research Ship

Other uses

Age of Discovery The Age of Discovery (or the Age of Exploration), also known as the early modern period, was a period largely overlapping with the Age of Sail, approximately from the 15th century to the 17th century in European history, during which seafarin ...

Discovery (apple) 'Discovery' is an early season dessert apple cultivar. One of its parents was the 'Worcester Pearmain', with the pollinator thought to possibly be ' Beauty of Bath'.Morgan, J. & Richards, A. (Illus. Dowle, E.) (2002), ''The New Book of Apples'', ...

, an apple cultivar *

Discovery (elm cultivar) The Japanese Elm cultivar ''Ulmus davidiana'' var. ''japonica'' 'Discovery' is a cold-resistant selection from Canada, raised along with 'Freedom' in the 1980s by Dr Wilbert Ronald, of Jeffries Nurseries Ltd. and Rick Durrand of Shade Consulting ...

Discovery (horse) Discovery (1931–1958) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which lasted from 1933 to 1936 he ran sixty-three times and won twenty-seven races. One of the leading American three-year-olds of his generation in 1934, ...

, an American thoroughbred racehorse *

Discovery (synth) Discovery is a software synthesizer VSTi and Audio Units plugin designed and distributed by discoDSP originally released on February 10, 2003. On September 4, 2008, discoDSP released a version for Linux marking the first commercial VSTi plugin avail ...

, a VSTi software synthesizer by discoDSP *

Discovery, Inc. Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate (company), conglomerate based in New York City. Established in 1985, the company operated a group of factual television, factual and lifestyle television bra ...

, a former American global media and entertainment company **

Warner Bros. Discovery Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at 230 Park Avenue South in New York City. It was formed after the spin-off of WarnerMedia by AT&T, and its merger with D ...

, successor company formed by merger with WarnerMedia * Discovery, Weymouth, a science centre in Dorset, England *

Wikimedia Discovery Knowledge Engine (KE) was a search engine project initiated in 2015 by the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) to locate and display verifiable and trustworthy information from public-information sources in a way that was less reliant on traditional searc ...

, a search engine project by the Wikimedia Foundation *

Discovery District The Discovery District is one of the commercial districts in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has a high concentration of hospitals and research institutions, particularly those related to biotechnology. The district is roughly bounded by Blo ...

, an area in Toronto that features hospitals and research institutions *

Discovery doctrine The discovery doctrine, or doctrine of discovery, is a disputed interpretation of international law during the Age of Discovery, introduced into United States municipal law by the US Supreme Court Justice John Marshall in ''Johnson v. M'Intosh ...

Discovery Institute The Discovery Institute (DI) is a politically conservative non-profit think tank based in Seattle, Washington, that advocates the pseudoscientific concept Article available froUniversiteit Gent/ref> of intelligent design (ID). It was founded ...

, a non-profit public policy think tank *

Discovery Limited Discovery Limited is a South Africa-based financial services group that is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) with its headquarters in Sandton. Overview Discovery Limited engages in long and short-term insurance, asset managem ...

, a South African–based financial services group * Discovery Program, a NASA space science program *

Service discovery Service discovery is the process of automatically detecting devices and services on a computer network. This reduces the need for manual configuration by users and administrators. A service discovery protocol (SDP) is a network protocol that hel ...

on a computer network * Discovery, a generation of

Roomba Roomba is a series of autonomous robotic vacuum cleaners made by the company iRobot. Introduced in September 2002, they have a set of sensors that enable them to navigate the floor area of a home. These sensors can detect the presence of obstac ...

robotic vacuuming devices * Discovery Walks, natural trails in select parks in Toronto *

Discovery (video game) ''Minecraft'' is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java (programming language), Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made pub ...

, a ''

Minecraft ''Minecraft'' is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made public in May 2009 before being ...

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