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单词 detection
释义

detection

[ dih-tek-shuhn ]
/ dɪˈtɛk ʃən /
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noun

the act of detecting.
the fact of being detected.
discovery, as of error or crime: chance detection of smuggling.
Telecommunications.
  1. rectification of alternating signal currents in a radio receiver.
  2. Also called demodulation. the conversion of an alternating, modulated carrier wave or current into a direct, pulsating current equivalent to the transmitted information-bearing signal.

Origin of detection

1425–75; late Middle English <Late Latin dētēctiōn- (stem of dētēctiō), equivalent to Latin dētēct(us) (see detect) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM detection

pre·de·tec·tion, noun

Words nearby detection

detailing, detain, detainee, detainer, detect, detection, detective, detector, detectorist, detent, détente
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British Dictionary definitions for detection

detection
/ (dɪˈtɛkʃən) /

noun

the act of discovering or the fact of being discovereddetection of crime
the act or process of extracting information, esp at audio or video frequencies, from an electromagnetic waveSee also demodulation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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