metal detector

See also: metaldetector

English

Etymology

metal + detector

Noun

metal detector (plural metal detectors)

1. A hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal.
2. A structure, similar to a doorway, through which people pass; an alarm is sounded if the person is carrying a metal object, as this may indicate a weapon.

Derived terms

• metal detectorist

Related terms

• detectorist
• metal detecting

Translations

a hand-held device

• Catalan: cercametalls m, cercatresors m
• Danish: metaldetektor c
• Dutch: metaaldetector (nl) m
• Finnish: metallinpaljastin (fi)
• French: détecteur de métaux (fr) m
• German: Metalldetektor (de) m
• Hungarian: fémérzékelő
• Italian: cercametalli (it) m
• Japanese: 金属探知機 (ja)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: wykrywacz metali
• Romanian: detector de metale (ro) n
• Russian: металлоиска́тель (ru) m (metalloiskátelʹ)
• Spanish: detector de metal m
• Swedish: metalldetektor (sv) c
• Turkish: metal dedektörü (tr)
• Ukrainian: металодете́ктор m (metalodetéktor), металошука́ч m (metalošukáč)

a structure, similar to a doorway

• Danish: metaldetektor c
• Dutch: metaaldetector (nl) m
• Finnish: metallinpaljastin (fi)
• German: Metalldetektor (de) m
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: wykrywacz metali, bramka (pl) f
• Russian: дете́ктор мета́лла m (detéktor metálla)
• Spanish: detector de metal m
• Swedish: metalldetektor (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 金屬探測器／金属探测器

• French: ^{(please verify)} détecteur de métaux (fr) m
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} brathadóir miotail m

See also

• metal detector on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:metal detectors on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons