Synonyms of detectors

detectors

noun

plural of detector

as in sensors

a device that detects some physical quantity and responds usually with a transmitted signal

a motion detector to thwart burglaries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sensors
• alarms
• triggers
• eyes
• photoelectric cells
• electric eyes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of detectors

It's also installed more hot bearing detectors and decreased the distance between them, so cars are checked more often. — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Yet a 2023 Stanford study said that Pangram was biased against non-native English speakers, who might have more limited vocabularies, and many AI researchers contend that such detectors are unreliable. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026

The group placed light detectors called photodiodes on the ground and on board a high-altitude balloon, which collected data on the light patterns before and after totality. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Trillions of neutrinos — mostly those produced in the sun — pass through our bodies every second, yet after years of hunting them with detectors such as SNO+, researchers have captured only a few hundred thousand of their precious flashes. — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

When the fourth photo of the carousel was uploaded into AI-image detectors Sightengine, Zero GPT and Deep AI, the image tested between 96-99% likely to be AI-generated. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

In the long run, this advance could help miniaturize superconducting quantum computing hardware, as well as technologies like ultrasensitive quantum detectors for communications or cosmology. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

Driving his son’s final path himself, Urrutia was convinced that if the wrong-way detectors had been working that night, his son would still be alive. — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Cat urine may not be detectable by detectors with longer wavelengths, though dog urine should show up just fine. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 July 2026