detector

Detector (from Latin: detector 'discoverer', 'revealer') stands for:

• sensor
• a device type for radio reception, see detector receiver
• in physics a radiation detector or particle detector
• the metal detector to find metals
• the lie detector for measuring physical characteristics during interviews
• the bat detector for making the ultrasonic sounds of bats audible
• the student magazine of the young German Physical Society

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Wiktionary: detector  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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