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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.

Definition 2024


detection

detection

See also: détection

English

Noun

detection (plural detections)

  1. The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
      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.
    • 1931, Francis Beeding, chapter 10/6, in Death Walks in Eastrepps:
      “Why should Eldridge commit murder? [] There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd. []
  2. The finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like, mostly by means of a specific device or method.

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