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Vinony

detector

noun

  1. sensing device
  2. device to detect something
  3. device or circuit that extracts information from a modulated radio frequency current or voltage
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛktə(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dētēctor. Equals detect + -or (agent noun forming suffix).

  1. A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.

    “Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.”

    “At 2255, it passed a hot axle box detector at Great Bridgeford. No problem here - the detector detected no abnormal temperatures anywhere in the consist.”

  2. A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
  3. A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.