My neighbor found a cache of ancient Roman coins using his metal detector.
Source: tatoeba (612258)
Detector
Synonyms for "detector" (58 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (17)
electric thermometerelectronic counterelectronic detectorerror correctorerror detectorgalvanothermometergas thermometergeneratorliquid-level sensormeat thermometer
Noun(7 words)
Related words (29)
metal detectorpartsphotoelectric sorterpyrometerpyrometric coneradarradar partsradio receiverrelayresistance pyrometersensortelethermometertemperature sensorthermocouplethermoelectrometerthermometrographthermostattubeultrasonic detector
Noun(9 words)
Adjective(1 words)
optical parts
Related word relations
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More general
7 entriesMore specific
8 entriesfraud detectorgas detectorintrusion detectormetal detectorparticle detectorpattern detectorradiation detectorsmoke detector
Collocations
6 entriesdetector arraygas detectormetal detectorparticle detectorradiation detectorsmoke detector
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 24 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- дэтэ́ктар noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дете́ктор noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 檢測儀 /检测仪 noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Czech
1 entries- detektor noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Danish
1 entries- detektor noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Finnish
2 entries- ilmaisin noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
- tunnistin noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
French
1 entries- détecteur noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
German
1 entries- Detektor noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Greek
1 entries- ανιχνευτής noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Hebrew
1 entries- גלאי noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Hindi
1 entries- डिटेक्टर noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Indonesian
1 entries- detektor noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Irish
1 entries- brathadóir noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Malay
1 entries- pengesan noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Māori
2 entries- paerongo noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
- pūoko noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- detektor noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- detektor noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Polish
2 entries- detektor noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
- wykrywacz noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Portuguese
2 entries- detector noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
- detetor noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Romanian
1 entries- detector noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Russian
1 entries- дете́ктор noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Swedish
1 entries- detektor noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Tagalog
1 entries- paniktik noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дете́ктор noun (device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The results of a lie detector test are inadmissible in court.
Source: tatoeba (632123)
The only metal that a metal detector can detect is the metal in another metal detector. That fact was instrumental in my parents' meeting.
Source: tatoeba (697685)
The script Tatoeba needs the most is the native speaker detector.
Source: tatoeba (1360049)
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