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detector

[dih-tek-ter] Origin

de·tec·tor

[dih-tek-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that detects.
2.
a device for detecting smoke, fire, or some other hazardous condition.
3.
a device for detecting the presence of metal, contraband, or other items that might be hidden or concealed.
4.
Telecommunications.
a.
a device for detecting electric oscillations or waves.
b.
a device, as a crystal detector or a vacuum tube, that rectifies the alternating current in a radio receiver.

Origin:
1535–45; < Late Latin dētēctor revealer, equivalent to Latin dēteg(ere) to uncover, reveal (see detect) + -tor -tor
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detector (dɪˈtɛktə)
 
n
1.  a person or thing that detects
2.  any mechanical sensing device
3.  electronics a device used in the detection of radio signals

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detector
1540s, from L. detector "uncoverer, revealer," from detectus, pp. of detegere (see detect).
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