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Detection

//dɪˈtek.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised. countable, uncountable

    "In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned."

  2. 2
    the act of detecting something; catching sight of something wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 4
    a police investigation to determine the perpetrator wordnet
  5. 5
    The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the perception that something has occurred or some state exists wordnet
  2. 7
    the detection that a signal is being received wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.

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