as in sensor
a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal
a motion detector to thwart burglaries
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According to outage detector Downdetector, reports of outages with Starlink began to spike around 3:24 p.m.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 24 July 2025
These included a magnetometer to measure magnetic fields, a Geiger counter to measure radiation, a cosmic-ray telescope, a cosmic dust detector, and the television camera.
—Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention stresses the importance of installing a working CO detector listed by Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) in boats to prevent poisoning.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
For homes with propane or natural gas appliances, the state fire marshal’s office advised having gas detectors installed.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 24 July 2025
These included a magnetometer to measure magnetic fields, a Geiger counter to measure radiation, a cosmic-ray telescope, a cosmic dust detector, and the television camera.
—Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention stresses the importance of installing a working CO detector listed by Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) in boats to prevent poisoning.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
For homes with propane or natural gas appliances, the state fire marshal’s office advised having gas detectors installed.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for detector
sensor
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To lift miniature sensors and antennae into the ignorosphere, the membranes would have to be somewhat bigger, around 2.4 inches (6 cm) wide.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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This also allows for the install of slip-on mufflers without removing the cat, and dual lambda sensors aid with emissions control.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Detector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detector. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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