Lexic.us

Definition of Detection

1. Noun. The perception that something has occurred or some state exists. "Early detection can often lead to a cure"

2. Noun. The act of detecting something; catching sight of something.

3. Noun. The detection that a signal is being received.

4. Noun. A police investigation to determine the perpetrator. "Detection is hard on the feet"

Definition of Detection

1. n. 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.

Definition of Detection

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Detection

1. Act of detecting, discovery, the laying open of what was concealed or hidden or of what tends to elude observation. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Detection

detasseled detasseling detasselled detasselling detassels detect detect detectabilities detectability detectable

detected detecter detecters detecting detection (current term) detection (current term) detections detective detectivelike detectives

detective agency detective novel detective story detective work detector detector detectors detector coil detects detent

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