Definition of detection
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Examples of detection in a Sentence
I don't know how the errors managed to avoid detection for so long.
my detection of the scent of baked apple pie led me to the kitchen
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But Yaksic, who uses data to study serial killings through his Murder Accountability Project, suggested some ways a killer could use the trail system to avoid detection and how police could set a trap.
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The Pennsylvania and Indiana prison systems regularly use ion detection scanning –
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The accusation comes less than three months before Hastert is scheduled to be released from prison for trying to withdraw money in a way to avoid detection in an effort to pay hush money to another man who accused him of molestation.
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In Lacey’s novel, that shame vanishes into M.R.I.s, facial-detection software and artisanal electromagnetic pulses that can make a person weep or flush.
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A large part of skin cancer prevention and early detection involves regularly scanning your body for moles that could be signs of melanoma or other types of skin cancer.
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The concern that prompted the March ban stemmed from intelligence that terrorists could hide explosives within batteries to avoid detection, according to a U.S. official.
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Lidar — pronounced LIE-dar — is shorthand for light detection and ranging.
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On top of that, the pen's sensitivity has quadrupled from 1024 levels of pressure detection to 4096.
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First Known Use of detection
15th century
DETECTION Defined for English Language Learners
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: the act or process of discovering, finding, or noticing something
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