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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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The agents infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest techniques of detection.
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Neither the two officers or Max, who is trained as a patrol canine and in narcotics detection, were injured, Cammiso said.
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Not only did LIGO make the first ever detection of gravitational waves, those waves came from something no one had ever actually seen.
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In essence, the team turned the baker’s yeast into a biosensor that blushes tomato red upon detection of C. albicans.
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Police were called to the corner of Garden and Westland streets at about 5:30 p.m., on a report from the gunshot detection system ShotSpotter.
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Of course, Google will still scan all your e-mails for search indexing, filtering, spam and virus detection, and the new smart reply feature, just not for ads.
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The soldier’s life changed abruptly on April 10, 2012, when a bomb that evaded detection detonated when Mills unwittingly dropped his backpack on it.
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Although those areas are still in critical condition, early detection and a rapid response succeeded in pulling them out of famine, a Phase 5 classification, the World Food Program said.
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First Known Use of detection
15th century
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: the act or process of discovering, finding, or noticing something
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