detection
NounUS[dih-tek-shuhn]/dɪˈtɛkʃən/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)
- the perception that something has occurred or some state exists“early detection can often lead to a cure”Synonyms: sensingType of perception
- the act of detecting something; catching sight of somethingSynonyms: catchingespialspyingspottingType of discovery, find
- the detection that a signal is being receivedSynonyms: signal detectionType of reception
- a police investigation to determine the perpetrator“detection is hard on the feet”Synonyms: detectingdetective worksleuthingType of police work, police investigation
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Translations
Noun act of detecting or sensing something
- Spanish
- detección
- French
- détection
- German
- Erkennung
- Italian
- rilevazione
- Portuguese
- detecção
- Turkish
- tespit
- Russian
- выявле́ние vyjavlénije
- Japanese
- 探知 tanchi
- Dutch
- detectie
- Greek
- ανίχνευση aníchnefsi
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De·tec′tion noun
Origin: L. detectio an uncovering, revealing.
The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.
Such secrets of guilt are never from detection.— Daniel Webster
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54