detector
noun
de·tec·tor
di-ˈtek-tər 
Examples of detector in a Sentence
using metal detectors to improve safety at airports
a motion detector to thwart burglaries
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Last September, a team of researchers from SIO, La Jolla’s J. Craig Venter Institute and other organizations published a study on predicting harmful algae blooms that contain high levels of domoic acid by tracking a single gene that serves like a canary in a coal mine — an early detector of danger.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
Each detector is responsible for uncovering information in 17 unique wavelength bands; so altogether, this infrared eye on the sky is able to study the universe in a staggering 102 bands.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The Atlanta company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the task, from more detectors and inspection technology to a retooling of its training.
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Some camera detectors are sensitive to infrared light—not just detectors in JWST but also those in newer smartphones.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
Each detector is responsible for uncovering information in 17 unique wavelength bands; so altogether, this infrared eye on the sky is able to study the universe in a staggering 102 bands.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The Atlanta company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the task, from more detectors and inspection technology to a retooling of its training.
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Some camera detectors are sensitive to infrared light—not just detectors in JWST but also those in newer smartphones.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Detector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detector. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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detector
noun
de·tec·tor
di-ˈtek-tər
1
: one that detects or warns
a smoke detector
2
: a device in a radio receiver for changing the high-frequency current of radio waves into current that can vibrate a loudspeaker to reproduce the original sound
Medical Definition
detector
noun
de·tec·tor
di-ˈtek-tər
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