detection

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/dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/ (UK)

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/dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/ (UK) · /dɪˈtek.ʃən/

Definition of detection

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

“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.”
““Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd.[…]””

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noun

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

“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.”
““Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd.[…]””
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy.
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.

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

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