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Meaning of detection


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  detection
      n 1: the perception that something has occurred or some state
           exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure" [syn:
           {detection}, {sensing}]
      2: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
         [syn: {detection}, {catching}, {espial}, {spying},
         {spotting}]
      3: the detection that a signal is being received [syn: {signal
         detection}, {detection}]
      4: a police investigation to determine the perpetrator;
         "detection is hard on the feet" [syn: {detection},
         {detecting}, {detective work}, {sleuthing}]


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