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excursion

ex.cur.sion \ik-'sk*r-zh*n\ n [L excursion-, excursio, fr. excursus, pp. of 
   excurrere] often attrib  1a: a going out or forth : EXPEDITION  1b1: a usu. 
   brief pleasure trip  1b2: a trip at special reduced rates  2: deviation 
   from a direct or proper course; esp : DIGRESSION  3a: a movement outward or 
   from a mean position or axis; also : the  distance traversed : AMPLITUDE 
   3b: one complete movement of expansion and contraction of the lungs and the 
   ir membranes