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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-tek-ter
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtɛk tər


Définition of detector

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin detector "uncoverer, revealer," agent noun from detectus, past participle of detegere (see detect).
  • noun indicator
Example sentences :
  • Edwardson asked, over the clamor of the Detector alarm bell.
  • Extract from : « The Hour of Battle » by Robert Sheckley
  • The detector, although the most important of the instruments, is perhaps the simplest.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • But of course they didn't have our detector screens nor our armament.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • It looped and turned, hunting, feeling with its every detector for that other ship.
  • Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
  • His detector now was in his hand, but Halsey anticipated him by a second or two.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • He had his detector going, and Anita warned me not to try it.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • The first thing I want to ask you about is this detector of yours.
  • Extract from : « That Sweet Little Old Lady » by Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA Mark Phillips)
  • "At first we thought of errors in the detector machine," he went on.
  • Extract from : « That Sweet Little Old Lady » by Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA Mark Phillips)
  • No doubt they are all right; but just to pass time, I'll compare them with the Detector here.
  • Extract from : « The Confidence-Man » by Herman Melville
  • The detector was simple, though the tuning had to be precise.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison

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