Word Type

Noun

The word "detector" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Causes

signal stimulation

Derived Terms

CO detector Canny edge detector Everhart-Thornley detector autodetector bat detector biodetector cryodetector currency detector detector bar detector van detectorism detectorist detectorless duct detector electron capture detector envelope detector fluorodetector geodetector heat detector junction detector lie detector lightning detector lithium-drifted silicon detector metal detector microdetector motion detector multidetector peak detector photodetector radar detector radiodetector sarcasm detector smoke detector subdetector time detector watchman's detector watchman's time detector window detector

Derived From

detect

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

device electronic equipment rectifier

Type Of (IsA)

device electronic equipment rectifier tangible thing

Part Of

radio receiver

Related Terms

alarm device register warning

Used For

detect monitor response sense

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.