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detector

[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.

    1. a device for detecting electric oscillations or waves.

    2. a device, as a crystal detector or a vacuum tube, that rectifies the alternating current in a radio receiver.



detector

/ ɪˈɛə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that detects

  2. any mechanical sensing device

  3. electronics a device used in the detection of radio signals

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of detector1

1535–45; < Late Latin ŧŧٴǰ revealer, equivalent to Latin ŧٱ ( ere ) to uncover, reveal ( detect ) + -tor -tor
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For the first time, Pride in DC will have an enclosed perimeter and weapons detectors, he said, in part because this year's event will draw larger crowds than usual.

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“It’s like an alarm from a smoke detector that you’re just waiting for somebody to turn off.”

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Under the watchful gaze of security guards, dozens of people streamed through metal detectors to enter Temple Israel one evening this month for a town hall meeting on hate crimes and domestic terrorism.

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She said a Combs aide administered a lie detector test to her.

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The telephones, no bigger than a cigarette-lighter, are almost entirely plastic, and have a reputation for being virtually invisible to metal detectors.

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