predetection

[dih-tek-shuhn]

de·tec·tion

[dih-tek-shuhn]
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.

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

pre·de·tec·tion, noun
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Predetection is always a great word to know.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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