detection

noun

de·​tec·​tion di-ˈtek-shən 

1

: the act of detecting : the state or fact of being detected

2

: the process of demodulating

Synonyms

• discovery

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Google quietly used its Android operating system to turn billions of phones into the largest earthquake detection network in human history. —Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025

That led to the early detection of Cowboys' communications Vice President Tad Carper's cancer in the tonsils. —Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025

The series explored how deaths from preventable diseases like cervical cancer were growing due to limited early detection programs and a lack of radiation treatment. —Miami Herald, 29 July 2025

Stellate silicon microneedles for rapid point-of-care melanoma exosome isolation and detection via a lateral flow assay. —Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing detection

• escape detection
• evade detection

Rhymes for detection

• abjection
• advection
• affection
• bijection
• bisection
• collection
• complexion
• confection
• connection
• connexion
• convection
• correction