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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/ [UK, US], /dɪˈtek.ʃən/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detection.wav Forms: detections [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|detectio|dētēctiōnem}} Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem, {{surf|en|detect|-ion}} By surface analysis, detect + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} detection (countable and uncountable, plural detections)
  1. The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of detecting or sensing something): откриване (otkrivane) (Bulgarian), разкриване (razkrivane) (Bulgarian), detecció [feminine] (Catalan), havaitseminen (Finnish), löytäminen (Finnish), détection [feminine] (French), Detektion (German), ανίχνευση (aníchnefsi) [feminine] (Greek), deteksi (Indonesian), lorgaireacht [feminine] (Irish), brathadóireacht [feminine] (Irish), identificazione [feminine] (Italian), investigazione [feminine] (Italian), rilevazione [feminine] (Italian), rilevamento [masculine] (Italian), 탐지 (tamji) (Korean), 수색 (susaek) (Korean), detectio (Latin), deteccion [feminine] (Occitan), شناسایی (šenâsâyi) (Persian), wykrycie [neuter] (Polish), wykrywanie [neuter] (Polish), detekcja [feminine] (Polish), detecção [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), deteção [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), detecție (Romanian), detección [feminine] (Spanish), fynd (Swedish) Translations (the finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like): détection (French), deteksi (Indonesian), rilevamento (Italian), detezione (Italian), detecção [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), deteção [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), detección (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-detection-en-noun-LmTRBct5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 21 18 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 47 28 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 58 24 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 20 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 21 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 18 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 58 26 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 60 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 61 24 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 24 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 44 27 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 60 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 59 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 62 24 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 60 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 62 24 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 60 24 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 59 23 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 61 24 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 55 31 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 60 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 65 22 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 61 24 15 Disambiguation of 'act of detecting or sensing something': 63 3 34 Disambiguation of 'the finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like': 74 10 16
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms: accusation [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-detection-en-noun-Yj1QSpXd
  3. (electrical engineering) The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electrical engineering
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: demodulation [engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, electrical, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics]

Inflected forms

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        "(electrical engineering) The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave."
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