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"Detector" Definition

noun

One that detects, especially a mechanical, electrical, or chemical device that automatically identifies and records or registers a stimulus, such as an environmental change in pressure or temperature, an electric signal, or radiation from a radioactive material.
one that as.
A device for the presence of electromagnetic waves or of radioactivity.
A rectifier of high-frequency current used especially for extracting the intelligence from a radio signal .

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