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Webster 1913 Edition

Detection

De-tec′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
detectio
an uncovering, revealing.]
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.
Such secrets of guilt are never from
detection
.
D. Webster.

Webster 1828 Edition

Detection

DETECTION

,
Noun.
The act of detecting; discovery of a person or thing attempted to be concealed; as the detection of a thief or burglarian; the detection of fraud or forgery; the detection of artifice, device or a plot.
2.
Discovery of any thing before hidden, or unknown.
The sea and rivers are instrumental to the detection of amber and other fossils, by washing away the earth that concealed them.

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