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noun
1.
the act of detecting.
2.
the fact of being detected.
3.
discovery, as of error or crime: chance detection of smuggling.
4.
Telecommunications.
a.
rectification of alternating signal currents in a radio receiver.
b.
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.
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Detection
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| detection (dɪˈtɛkʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of discovering or the fact of being discovered: detection of crime |
| 2. | See also demodulation the act or process of extracting information, esp at audio or video frequencies, from an electromagnetic wave |
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Word Origin & History
detection
late 15c., from L. detectionem (nom. detectio), pp. of detegere (see detect).
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detection
in electronics, the process of rectifying a radio wave and recovering any information superimposed on it; it is essentially the reverse of modulation (q.v.).
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