detection
Academic Word List, sublist 8.
About 18.35 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
- noun Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy.
- noun The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.
Similar words
detecting espial detective work sleuthing sensing spying spotting catching police investigation signal detection
Often followed by
of and in is limit by system limits systems
Word family
detect detectable detected detecting detections detective detectives detector detectors detects
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