detection

/dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/

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Australia/dɪˈtek.ʃən/

detection noun: the act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

Noun

detection (countable and uncountable, plural detections)

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
- In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- “Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd.[…]”1931, Francis Beeding, “10/6”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps
(obsolete) Synonym of accusation, the exposure of concealed information about a crime or heresy.

Synonyms:

accusation
The act or process of finding or detecting an electrical signal in a carrier wave.

detection meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

detection in Tamil

துப்பறிதல், உணர்த்துதல், உணர்வு, காணுதல், அலைப்பகுப்பு, உணருதல்

detection in Urdu

دریافت, انکشاف, کشف, سراغ رسانی

detection in Bengali

আবিষ্কারতা

detection in Malayalam

perception, discernment, awareness: കണ്ടുപിടിക്കൽ, തിരിച്ചറിയൽ, അവബോധം, വേദനം, അറിയൽ, തിരിച്ചറിവ്
discovery, uncovering, unearthing: കണ്ടുപിടിക്കൽ, കണ്ടെത്തൽ, കണ്ടുപിടിത്തം, നപ്പ്, കുറ്റം തെളിയിക്കൽ, കുറ്റവാളിയെ കണ്ടെത്തൽ
solving, clear-up: സമാധാനം കണ്ടുപിടിക്കൽ നിർദ്ധാരണം, തുമ്പുണ്ടാക്കൽ, വ്യക്തമാക്കൽ, അറിയിക്കൽ, തെളിയിക്കൽ
capture, identification, exposure: കണ്ടുപിടിക്കൽ, പ്രഗ്രഹം, പ്രഗ്രഹണം, പിടികൂടൽ, തിരിച്ചറിയൽ, തുറന്നുകാട്ടൽ

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detection in Kannada: ತುಬ್ಬು, ತೆಬ್ಬು, ತುಬ್ಬುಗಾರಿಕೆ, ಅಪರಾಧ ಪತ್ತೆ
detection in Indonesian: deteksi
detection in Persian: شناسایی šenâsâyi

Examples of detection in a sentence

Cabrera's Valentine's Day monopole detection or some extremely energetic cosmic rays could be examples of snarks.
This is due to the detection of sublethally damaged cells, which are still viable but not culturable.
We are developing a method for previsual detection of damage to the structure.

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Synonyms of detection

Forms of detection

plural	detections

Plural of detection: detections

Origin of detection

Learned borrowing from Latin dētēctiōnem. By surface analysis, detect + -ion.

Phrases with detection

Words that rhyme with detection

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Questions about detection

What does detection mean?: Detection means the act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
What is detection in Tamil?: Detection in Tamil is துப்பறிதல், உணர்த்துதல், உணர்வு. See Detection meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is detection?: Detection is a noun.
How do you pronounce detection?: Detection is pronounced /dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of detection?: The plural of detection is detections.

Words near detection in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: detection (page history and authors); detection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); detection (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); detection (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); detection (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); detection (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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