detector
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tər 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.
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| —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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Word Origin & History
detector
1540s, from L. detector "uncoverer, revealer," from detectus, pp. of detegere (see detect).
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Example sentences
Everyone, even babies and toddlers, must go through a metal detector screening.
So the researchers looked for signs of ununbium decay and compared their detector positions with those of the two other elements.
The detector is made up of the outer detector and an inner detector.
The length of the delay is crucial, because it sets the speed of motion that the detector is looking for.
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