Meaning

• Something discovered.

  "This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease."

• The discovering of new things.

  "Automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser."

• An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.

• A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

  "The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery."

• Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

  "The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate."