as in sensor
a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal
a motion detector to thwart burglaries
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The anomaly detector agents demonstrated at the event can autonomously identify KPI deviations, automatically open trouble tickets and dynamically adjust system capacity.
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Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Such variations are common given differences in sensitivity and detector locations.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
Deep Space Radiation Probe: A small detector that has been monitoring radation levels on Resilience throughout its months-long mission.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 3 June 2025
Those eight winners included the phishing-centric Norton Genie scam detector as well as NordVPN and Surfshark, both of which primarily focus on VPN protection.
—PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
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Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Such variations are common given differences in sensitivity and detector locations.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
Deep Space Radiation Probe: A small detector that has been monitoring radation levels on Resilience throughout its months-long mission.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 3 June 2025
Those eight winners included the phishing-centric Norton Genie scam detector as well as NordVPN and Surfshark, both of which primarily focus on VPN protection.
—PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detector
sensor
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Stephen Hawking, a British physicist and arguably the most famous man suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), communicated with the world using a sensor installed in his glasses.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2025
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Turn off automatic irrigation systems until needed if not controlled by a rain sensor.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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“Detector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detector. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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