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  • A particle or object in theoretical physics whose backreaction is neglected


Science and technology
  • Anal probe
    Anal probing
    Anal probing is the insertion of an instrument into the anal cavity of a human or animal to assess the condition of the lower bowel. Instruments used include pliers, tongs, fiber-optic cables, syringes, eye droppers, thermometers, and specialized balloons...

    , used medically
  • Atom probe
    Atom probe
    The atom probe is an atomic-resolution microscope used in materials science that was invented in 1967 by Erwin Wilhelm Müller, J. A. Panitz, and S. Brooks McLane.-Atom-probe field-ion microscopy :...

    , an atomic-resolution microscope
  • Hybridization probe
    Hybridization probe
    In molecular biology, a hybridization probe is a fragment of DNA or RNA of variable length , which is used to detect in DNA or RNA samples the presence of nucleotide sequences that are complementary to the sequence in the probe...

     or chemical probe, used in molecular biology
  • Langmuir probe
    Langmuir probe
    A Langmuir probe is a device named after Nobel Prize winning physicist Irving Langmuir, used to determine the electron temperature, electron density, and electric potential of a plasma. It works by inserting one or more electrodes into a plasma, with a constant or time-varying electric potential...

    , an electrode inserted into a plasma to determine temperature and density
  • Periodontal probe
    Periodontal probe
    A periodontal probe is an instrument in dentistry commonly used in the dental armamentarium. It is usually long, thin, and blunted at the end. The primary purpose of a periodontal probe is to measure pocket depths around a tooth in order to establish the state of health of the periodontium...

    , an instrument used in dentistry
  • Space probe
    Space probe
    A robotic spacecraft is a spacecraft with no humans on board, that is usually under telerobotic control. A robotic spacecraft designed to make scientific research measurements is often called a space probe. Many space missions are more suited to telerobotic rather than crewed operation, due to...

    , a scientific space exploration mission


Entertainment
  • Probe Entertainment Limited, a video game developer
  • Probe (TV film)
    Probe (1972 TV pilot)
    Probe was a 2 hour TV pilot movie created by Leslie Stevens that first aired on February 21, 1972 on NBC. Probe was the pilot for the science fiction detective series Search starring Hugh O'Brian as Hugh Lockwood, a high-tech private eye designated “Probe One”...

    , a 1972 American TV film written by Leslie Stevens and later made as a TV series called Search
    Search (TV series)
    Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe...

  • Probe (parlor game)
    Probe (parlor game)
    The parlor game Probe was introduced in the 1960s by Parker Brothers. As in the simple two-person game Hangman, the object was to guess a word chosen by another player by revealing specific letters...

    , a discontinued parlor game
  • Probe Records
    Probe Records
    Probe Records was a sub-label of ABC-Paramount Records. It was started in 1968 as their label for psychedelic rock and progressive rock.-Releases:Number - Title - Artist [Release Date]...

    , sub-label of ABC-Paramount Records
  • Probe (StarCraft) or Protoss, a robotic worker in the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft
  • Probe (1988 TV series), a television pilot and subsequent TV series created by William Link and Isaac Asimov
  • In Invader Zim
    Invader Zim
    Invader Zim, branded as Invader ZIM, is an American animated television series that was produced by and subsequently aired on Nickelodeon. The series is centered around an alien invader named Zim from the planet Irk who is attempting to conquer or destroy a dark and satirical future version of the...

    , the Irkens celebrate a holiday called "Probing Day"


Misc
  • The Ford Probe
    Ford Probe
    The Ford Probe was a coupe produced by Ford, introduced in 1989 to replace the Ford EXP as the company's sport compact car. The Probe was fully based on the Mazda G-platform using unique sheetmetal and interior. The instrument cluster and pop-up headlight mechanisms are borrowed from the FC RX-7...

    , a car produced by the Ford Motor Company
  • Criminal investigation or probe