as in sensors
a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal
a motion detector to thwart burglaries
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Recent Examples of detectors
Since 9/11, tens of thousands of detectors have been deployed at ports and border checkpoints.
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Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Current detectors use heavy atoms like xenon and argon, which should recoil if their nucleus is struck, much like colliding billiard balls.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
When SPHEREx takes pictures of the sky, the light is sent to six detectors that can capture different wavelengths of light, or exposures.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The merging and jiggling sends ripples called gravitational waves cascading outward through the fabric of the universe and to detectors here on Earth.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Also, according to the CDC, carbon monoxide detectors should be installed near every sleeping area in the home.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
To evade plagiarism detectors, kids now stitch together output from multiple AI models, or ask chatbots to introduce typos to make the writing appear more human.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2025
The team used a millimeter-wave radar sensor, the same technology employed in self-driving cars, motion detectors, and 5G wireless networks, to measure the tiny surface vibrations generated by speech played through a phone earpiece.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Capturing all these events via detectors and analyzing the staggering amount of data created from each experiment is no easy feat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2025
Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Current detectors use heavy atoms like xenon and argon, which should recoil if their nucleus is struck, much like colliding billiard balls.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
When SPHEREx takes pictures of the sky, the light is sent to six detectors that can capture different wavelengths of light, or exposures.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The merging and jiggling sends ripples called gravitational waves cascading outward through the fabric of the universe and to detectors here on Earth.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Also, according to the CDC, carbon monoxide detectors should be installed near every sleeping area in the home.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
To evade plagiarism detectors, kids now stitch together output from multiple AI models, or ask chatbots to introduce typos to make the writing appear more human.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2025
The team used a millimeter-wave radar sensor, the same technology employed in self-driving cars, motion detectors, and 5G wireless networks, to measure the tiny surface vibrations generated by speech played through a phone earpiece.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Capturing all these events via detectors and analyzing the staggering amount of data created from each experiment is no easy feat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detectors
sensors
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UAPx, a Florida nonprofit, has developed a suite of sensors specifically for analyzing odd aerial phenomena.—
Matthew Hutson,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, the Nevo A06’s roof houses a lidar system, complemented by three millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and 11 cameras, enabling level 2 advanced driving assistance features.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Detectors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detectors. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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