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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