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detection

[ dih-tek-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of detecting.
the fact of being detected.
discovery, as of error or crime:
chance detection of smuggling.
Telecommunications.
1. rectification of alternating signal currents in a radio receiver.
2. Also called demodulation. the conversion of an alternating, modulated carrier wave or current into a direct, pulsating current equivalent to the transmitted information-bearing signal.

detection

/ dɪˈtɛkʃən /

the act of discovering or the fact of being discovered
detection of crime
the act or process of extracting information, esp at audio or video frequencies, from an electromagnetic wave See also demodulation

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin dētēctiōn- (stem of dētēctiō ), equivalent to Latin dētēct ( us ) ( detect ) + -iōn- -ion

Increasingly, criminals actually lease their malware from a group that guarantees their malware against detection.

But if by chance you are a prison guard, avoiding detection is much easier.

If detection lag time is 10 days, then that, plus a healthy margin, should be the “deferral” period.

Every page would carry its own proof of transgression, and thus its own guarantee of detection.

And while detection is part of the battle, prevention is by far more important.

In tuberculous disease the tubercle bacillus is present in the discharge, but its detection offers some difficulties.

Upon ulcerated surfaces it is often mingled with other spiral micro-organisms, which adds to the difficulty of its detection.

Few men or women could tell him a deliberate lie without its instant detection.

Larkins, enjoying the detection, put his hands on his knees and looked wickedly up in the old man's face to see what was coming.

The circumstances that usually bring about detection are doctors and nurses and neighbors.

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