Definitions for detectordɪˈtɛk tər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
de•tec•tordɪˈtɛk tər(n.)
a person or thing that detects.
any of various devices for detecting and registering the presence of or a change in something.
Category: Common Vocabulary
a device for detecting electric oscillations or waves. a device, as a crystal detector or a vacuum tube, that rectifies the alternating current in a radio receiver.
Category: Telegraphy and Telephony, Electronics
Origin of detector:
1535–45; < LL
Princeton's WordNet
detector, sensor, sensing element(noun)
any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
detector, demodulator(noun)
rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
detector(noun)
electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
detector(noun)ɪˈtɛk tər
a device for sensing if sth is present
a metal/smoke detector
Wiktionary
detector(Noun)
A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon.
Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.
Webster Dictionary
Detector(noun)
one who, or that which, detects; a detecter
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Detector
A portable galvanometer, often of simple construction, used for rough or approximate work.
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