detection

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dəˈtɛkʃən/, X-SAMPA: /d@"tEkS@n/
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

detection (plural detections)

1. The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.
   • 1931, Francis Beeding, chapter 10/6, Death Walks in Eastrepps^[1]:

     “Why should Eldridge commit murder? […] There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd. […] ”

Translations

act of detecting or sensing something

• Bulgarian: откриване (bg) (otkrivane), разкриване (bg) (razkrivane)
• Catalan: detecció (ca) f
• Finnish: havaitseminen (fi), löytäminen (fi)

• Irish: lorgaireacht (ga) f, brathadóireacht (ga) f
• Korean: 탐지 (ko), 수색 (ko)
• Polish: wykrycie (pl) n, wykrywanie (pl) n, detekcja (pl) f
• Spanish: detección (es) f