detection

[ dih-tek-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of detecting.

  2. the fact of being detected.

  1. discovery, as of error or crime: chance detection of smuggling.

  2. Telecommunications.

    • rectification of alternating signal currents in a radio receiver.

    • 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 of detection

1
1425–75; late Middle English <Late Latin dētēctiōn- (stem of dētēctiō), equivalent to Latin dētēct(us) (see detect) + -iōn--ion

Other words from detection

  • pre·de·tec·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for detection

detection

/ (dɪˈtɛkʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of discovering or the fact of being discovered: detection of crime

  2. the act or process of extracting information, esp at audio or video frequencies, from an electromagnetic wave: See also demodulation

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