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UK
/dɪtˈɛktɐ/
]
[ US /dɪˈtɛktɝ/ ]
[ US /dɪˈtɛktɝ/ ]
NOUN
- rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
- any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
- electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
How To Use detector In A Sentence
- Detailed descriptions of the fission neutron sources, the ionization chamber for fission fragment detection, the neutron detectors and the experimental arrangement are given.
- Detailed descriptions of the fission neutron sources, the ionization chamber for fission fragment detection, the neutron detectors and the experimental arrangement are given.
- The increased number of detectors and tube rotation times combine to give faster coverage of a given volume of tissue.
- Traffic officers claim the new gun can't be picked up by speeding motorists who use radar detectors to avoid being caught.
- Detecting by hydrogen flame ionization detector with gas chromatography increased sensitivity and decreased detection limit.
- Trouble signals are indicated when a detector becomes too ‘dirty’ to properly function.
- He used radar detectors and a switch to dim rear lights to dodge the police and lots of cold coffee. Times, Sunday Times
- A bottle-like chamber, called a cryostat, surrounds and cools the telescope and detectors. News and Features - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- We can modulate the detector at the same frequency as the excitation for homodyne detection - or at a slightly different frequency for heterodyne detection.
- In the simple experiment, a converging lens focuses laser light from two pinholes onto two different photodetectors.