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Detector   /dɪtˈɛktər/   Listen
Detector

noun
1.
Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner.  Synonyms: sensing element, sensor.
2.
Rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave.  Synonym: demodulator.
3.
Electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity.



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"Detector" Quotes from Famous Books



... they got rid of it. Emptied the air from most of the ship after they surfaced and combed over the rest of it with life detectors. They've got a detector system set up now that would spot a catassin if it moved twenty feet ...
— Legacy • James H Schmitz



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