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detection
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun detection has 4 senses
- detection(n = noun.cognition) sensing - the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure" is a kind of perception
- detection(n = noun.act) catching, espial, spotting, spying - the act of detecting something; catching sight of something; Array is a kind of discovery, find, uncovering
- detection(n = noun.communication) signal detection - the detection that a signal is being received; Array is a kind of reception
- detection(n = noun.act) detecting, detective work, sleuthing - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet" is a kind of police investigation, police work
Derived form verb detect1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
detection, n.
1 a the act or an instance of detecting; the process of being detected. b an instance of this.
2 the work of a detective.
3 Physics the extraction of a desired signal; a demodulation.
1 a the act or an instance of detecting; the process of being detected. b an instance of this.
2 the work of a detective.
3 Physics the extraction of a desired signal; a demodulation.
Etymology
LL detectio (as DETECT)
THESAURUS
detection
amassing evidence, blind flying, blind landing, bringing to light, casual discovery, catching, chance discovery, close inquiry, department of investigation, detective work, determination, determining, disclosure, discovery, distinguishment, espial, excavation, exhaustive study, exhumation, exposure, find, finding, finding out, hearing, hurricane tracking, indagation, interception, invention, investigation, investigative bureau, legislative investigation, legwork, locating, location, lucky strike, perscrutation, probe, ranging, recognition, rediscovery, research, revelation, serendipity, sifting, sleuthing, spotting, storm tracking, strike, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, uncovering, unearthing, witch-huntROGET THESAURUS
detection
Discovery
N discovery, detection, disenchantment, ascertainment, disclosure, find, revelation, trover.
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