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• Detector — De*tect or, n. [L., a revealer.] One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. Shak. [1913 Webster] A deathbed s detector of the heart. Young. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (a) An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler. (b) (Elec.) …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Detector lock — Detector De*tect or, n. [L., a revealer.] One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. Shak. [1913 Webster] A deathbed s detector of the heart. Young. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (a) An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• detector — /di tek teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that detects. 2. a device for detecting smoke, fire, or some other hazardous condition. 3. a device for detecting the presence of metal, contraband, or other items that might be hidden or concealed. 4.… …   Universalium

• detector — de•tec•tor [[t]dɪˈtɛk tər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that detects 2) cvb any of various devices for detecting and registering the presence of or a change in something 3) tgp a) a device for detecting electric oscillations or waves b) elo a… …   From formal English to slang

• detector — noun Date: 1541 one that detects: as a. a device for detecting the presence of electromagnetic waves or of radioactivity b. a rectifier of high frequency current used especially for extracting the intelligence from a radio signal …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Bank-note detector — Detector De*tect or, n. [L., a revealer.] One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. Shak. [1913 Webster] A deathbed s detector of the heart. Young. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (a) An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Smoke detector — A smoke detector is a device that detects smoke, typically as an indicator of fire. Commercial, industrial, and mass residential devices issue a signal to a fire alarm system, while household detectors, known as smoke alarms, generally issue a… …   Wikipedia

• Neutrino detector — The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, a 12 meter sphere filled with heavy water surrounded by light detectors located 2000 meters below the ground in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. A neutrino detector is a physics apparatus designed to study neutrinos.… …   Wikipedia

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• Metal detector — A U.S. Army soldier uses a metal detector to search for weapons and ammunition in Iraq A metal detector is a device which responds to metal that may not be readily apparent. The simplest form of a metal detector consists of an oscillator… …   Wikipedia

• Flame ionization detector — A flame ionization detector (FID) is a type of gas detector used in gas chromatography. The first flame ionization detector was developed in 1957 by scientists working for the CSIRO in Melbourne, Australia.… …   Wikipedia