detector
noun
de·tec·tor
di-ˈtek-tər 
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using metal detectors to improve safety at airports
a motion detector to thwart burglaries
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And this is how modern gravitational wave observatories — like the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA detectors — actually successfully detect these gravitational waves.
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Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
These include a high-precision tracking detector that can simultaneously measure position (10 µm) and time (50 ps), as well as new electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters that improve energy resolution by factors of ten and two, respectively.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
The blurriness in Webb's API images was traced to electronic distortions arising on Webb's infrared camera detector.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
For more reliable verification, try using reverse image search tools like Google Images or TinEye to trace origins, or use specialized AI image detectors like TruthScan, which scans for artificial generation artifacts with high precision.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
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Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
These include a high-precision tracking detector that can simultaneously measure position (10 µm) and time (50 ps), as well as new electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters that improve energy resolution by factors of ten and two, respectively.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
The blurriness in Webb's API images was traced to electronic distortions arising on Webb's infrared camera detector.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
For more reliable verification, try using reverse image search tools like Google Images or TinEye to trace origins, or use specialized AI image detectors like TruthScan, which scans for artificial generation artifacts with high precision.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
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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
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detector
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de·tec·tor
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