Definitions for Detection
dɪˈtɛk ʃənde·tec·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. detection, sensingnoun

   the perception that something has occurred or some state exists

   "early detection can often lead to a cure"

2. detection, catching, espial, spying, spottingnoun

   the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

3. signal detection, detectionnoun

   the detection that a signal is being received

4. detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthingnoun

   a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

   "detection is hard on the feet"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. detectionnoun

   The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Detectionnoun

   Etymology: from detect.

   1. Discovery of guilt or fraud, or any other fault.

   Should I come to her with any detection in my hand, I could drive her then from the ward of her purity. William Shakespeare.

   That is a sign of the true evangelical zeal, and note for the detection of its contrary: it should abound more in the mild and good-natured affection, than in the vehement and wrathful passions. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.

   Detection of the incoherence of loose discourses was wholly owing to the syllogistical form. John Locke.

   2. Discovery of any thing hidden.

   Not only the sea, but rivers and rains also, are instrumental to the detection of amber, and other fossils, by washing away the earth and dirt that before covered and concealed them. John Woodward, Natural History.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Detectionnoun

   the act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot

2. Etymology: [L. detectio an uncovering, revealing.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Detection

   In general, detection is the extraction of particular information from a larger stream of information without specific cooperation from or synchronization with the sender. In the history of radio communications, the term "detector" was first used for a device that detected the simple presence or absence of a radio signal, since all communications were in Morse code. The term is still in use today to describe a component that extracts a particular signal from all of the electromagnetic waves present. Detection is usually based on the frequency of the carrier wave, as in the familiar frequencies of radio broadcasting, but it may also involve filtering a faint signal from noise, as in radio astronomy, or reconstructing a hidden signal, as in steganography. In optoelectronics, "detection" means converting a received optical input to a electrical output. For example, the light signal received through an optical fiber is converted to an electrical signal in a detector such as a photodiode. In steganography, attempts to detect hidden signals in suspected carrier material is referred to as steganalysis. Steganalysis has an interesting difference from most other types of detection, in that it can often only determine the probability that a hidden message exists; this is in contrast to the detection of signals which are simply encrypted, as the ciphertext can often be identified with certainty, even if it cannot be decoded.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. detection

   1. In tactical operations, the perception of an object of possible military interest but unconfirmed by recognition. 2. In surveillance, the determination and transmission by a surveillance system that an event has occurred. 3. In arms control, the first step in the process of ascertaining the occurrence of a violation of an arms control agreement.

Matched Categories

1. • Perception
   • Police Work
   • Reception

How to pronounce Detection?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Detection in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Detection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Detection in a Sentence

1. The USDA:

   Using permits for field trials of GE (genetically engineered) wheat provides an additional level of safeguarding based on, and consistent with the biology of wheat, it became clear to us following the GE wheat incident in Oregon that the detection of regulated GE wheat where it was not authorized, had great potential to disrupt wheat markets globally.

2. Osie David:

   Instead of sending bits of information back up to a command post, the autonomy kits can enable sensors to perform detection and object identification in real time…and then push that information up to a human.

3. Anne Schuchat:

   We don't know if the Covid-19 epidemic will complicate detection and management, nor do we know if the social distancing efforts will reduce the risks of occurrence, but we do know we need to be ready.

4. Fred Burton:

   Face-to-face meetings and running surveillance detection routes may bring you back to the Cold War but I never believed the Cold War was over, intelligence services are always at war.

5. Susan Marriott:

   Second, some of the people who are most affected today live in remote parts of the world with minimal access to early detection options and state-of-the-art health care.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Detection
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Detection
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Detection
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Detection
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Detection
6. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf