detection

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//dɪˈtɛk.ʃən//
Australia//dɪˈtek.ʃən//

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

noun

1
The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
“Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd.[…]”
2
obsoleteSynonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy.
3
The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.

Forms

plural: detections

detect · To discover or find by careful search, examination, or…detected · Having been noticed.detecting · An act of detection.

detection · The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

detective · A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and…detector · A device capable of registering a specific substance or…detention · The act of detaining or the state of being detained;…

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