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Webster 1828 Edition


Detecting

DETECTING

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ppr.
Discovering; finding out.

Definition 2024


detecting

detecting

English

Verb

detecting

  1. present participle of detect

Noun

detecting (plural detectings)

  1. An act of detection.
    • 2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition (page 194)
      Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.