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"word": "rilevamento"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tamji",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"word": "탐지"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "susaek",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"word": "수색"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"word": "detectio"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "deteccion"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šenâsâyi",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"word": "شناسایی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wykrycie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wykrywanie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "detekcja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "detecção"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"feminine"
],
"word": "deteção"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"word": "detecție"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "detección"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of detecting or sensing something",
"word": "fynd"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like",
"word": "détection"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like",
"word": "deteksi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like",
"word": "rilevamento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like",
"word": "detezione"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "detecção"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"feminine"
],
"word": "deteção"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like",
"word": "detección"
}
],
"word": "detection"
}
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