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verb (used with object)
1.
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
2.
to discover the existence of: to detect the odor of gas.
3.
to find out the true character or activity of: to detect a spy.
4.
Telecommunications.
a.
to rectify alternating signal currents in a radio receiver.
b.
to demodulate.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin dētēctus (past participle of dētegere), equivalent to dē- de- + teg(ere) to cover + -tus past participle suffix
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin dētēctus (past participle of dētegere), equivalent to dē- de- + teg(ere) to cover + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
de·tect·a·ble, de·tect·i·ble, adjective
de·tect·a·bil·i·ty, de·tect·i·bil·i·ty, noun
pre·de·tect, verb (used with object)
un·de·tect·a·ble, adjective
un·de·tect·a·b·ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History
detect
mid-15c., from L. detectus, pp. of detegere "uncover, disclose," from de- "un-, off" + tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus).
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