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noun

Detector n.

One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. "A deathbed's detector of the heart."

Specifically:

(a)

An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.

(b)

(Elec.) A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating the direction of a current.

(c)

(Elec.) Any of various devices for detecting the presence of electric waves.

Bank-note detector, a publication containing a description of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable persons to discriminate between them.

Detector lock. See under Lock.

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Etymology of 'Detector'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Detector" Quotes from Famous Books

... issued to all Enterprises personnel and family visitors who used the private gate. The amulets were contained in slender bracelets and were designed to trap radar impulses. This prevented them from showing up as blips on the giant detector radarscope mounted on the main building. The purpose of the scope was to reveal unauthorized ...

— Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung • Victor Appleton

... over the sky. And thus we are led to the startling conclusion that, as the light of morning reveals the evil deeds done under the cover of night, so the lovely Dawn, or Erinys, came to be regarded under one aspect as the terrible detector and avenger of iniquity. Yet startling as the conclusion is, it is based on established laws of phonetic change, and ...

— Myths and Myth-Makers - Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology • John Fiske

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