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 Definitions of detector  [ɪˈtɛk tər]  

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Definition of 'detector' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) detector
a person or thing that detects.

2.  detector
any of various devices for detecting and registering the presence of or a change in something.

3.  detector
a device for detecting electric oscillations or waves.

4.  detector
a device, as a crystal detector or a vacuum tube, that rectifies the alternating current in a radio receiver.

Etymology:  (1535–45; < LL)

Definition of 'detector' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) detector, sensor, sensing element
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

2. (noun) detector, demodulator
rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

3. (noun) detector
electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity


Definition of 'detector' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) detector
a device for sensing if sth is present
a metal/smoke detector


Definition of 'detector' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) detector
one who, or that which, detects; a detecter


Definition of 'detector' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  detector
A portable galvanometer, often of simple construction, used for rough or approximate work.



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