detector
noun
de·tec·tor
di-ˈtek-tər 
Examples of detector in a Sentence
using metal detectors to improve safety at airports
a motion detector to thwart burglaries
Recent Examples on the Web
If the Custom Home price is simply too high for you, ADT also has a Command System Starter Kit that includes a Command panel, three door or window sensors, and a motion detector.
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PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
By nightfall, the street was crowded with apparently hot merchandise: carbon-monoxide detectors, Leviton tamper-resistant outlets, and, notably, hundreds of heavy spools of copper and electrical wiring, the most expensive of which can retail for more than seven hundred dollars.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
After the incident, the superintendent of Utica schools removed the detector from the high school.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
Bailey further cited his conversations with leaders from other U.S. cities and other reports questioning the effectiveness of gunshot detectors.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2024
This lets the detectors quickly determine if a metal item is a cell phone or a gun.
—Oscar Gonzalez / Gizmodo, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
Specialists will verify gunshot detector readings by using cameras in the area or confirming with dispatch that a related call was placed.
—The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
The detector can be controlled with an app and has an adjustable alarm.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2024
The robot ball’s LED matrix display is programmable to a variety of icons of your kiddo’s choice, such as a heart or lightning bolt, and is packed with customizable sensors, like infrared detectors, that tell the robot when something is nearby.
—Julie Evans, Parents, 12 Mar. 2024
PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
By nightfall, the street was crowded with apparently hot merchandise: carbon-monoxide detectors, Leviton tamper-resistant outlets, and, notably, hundreds of heavy spools of copper and electrical wiring, the most expensive of which can retail for more than seven hundred dollars.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
After the incident, the superintendent of Utica schools removed the detector from the high school.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
Bailey further cited his conversations with leaders from other U.S. cities and other reports questioning the effectiveness of gunshot detectors.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2024
This lets the detectors quickly determine if a metal item is a cell phone or a gun.
—Oscar Gonzalez / Gizmodo, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
Specialists will verify gunshot detector readings by using cameras in the area or confirming with dispatch that a related call was placed.
—The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
The detector can be controlled with an app and has an adjustable alarm.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2024
The robot ball’s LED matrix display is programmable to a variety of icons of your kiddo’s choice, such as a heart or lightning bolt, and is packed with customizable sensors, like infrared detectors, that tell the robot when something is nearby.
—Julie Evans, Parents, 12 Mar. 2024
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detector
noun
de·tec·tor
di-ˈtek-tər
1
: one that detects or warns
a smoke detector
2
: a device in a radio receiver for changing the high-frequency current of radio waves into current that can vibrate a loudspeaker to reproduce the original sound
Medical Definition
detector
noun
de·tec·tor
di-ˈtek-tər
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