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re·tec·tion
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retectionnoun
Detection through a concealing layer. (Note: this use is somewhat specific to electrical engineering and related fields investigating the uses of T-Ray Sensing.)
Etymology: From retectionem.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Retectionnoun
The act of discovering to the view.
Etymology: retectus, Lat.
This is rather a restoration of a body to its own colour, or a retection of its native colour, than a change. Boyle.
Webster Dictionary
Retectionnoun
act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed
Etymology: [L. retegere, retectum, to uncover; pref. re- + tegere to cover.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Retection
rē-tek′shun, n. the act of disclosing something concealed.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of retection in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of retection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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