detector
UK/dɪˈtɛktə(ɹ)/
detector noun: a device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
Noun
detector (plural detectors)
- A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
- Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.
- At 2255, it passed a hot axle box detector at Great Bridgeford. No problem here - the detector detected no abnormal temperatures anywhere in the consist.2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 50
- An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.
- A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating the direction of a current.
- A device measuring radiation or electromagnetic waves.
detector meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
detector in Hindi
- device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon
- डिटेक्टर ḍiṭekṭar
detector in Tamil
- கண்டுணர் கருவி, உணர்த்துக் கருவி, காணி, கண்டறி பொறி, அலைபகுப்பி, உணரி
detector in Marathi
- डिटेक्टर
detector in Urdu
- detector
- کاشف kāśif
More languagesFewer languages
- detector in Bengali
- আবিষ্কারক, আবিষ্কারক যন্ত্র
- detector in Telugu
- డిటెక్టర్, డీటెక్టర్
- detector in Malayalam
- ഡിറ്റക്ടർ, ഡിറ്റക്റ്റർ
- detector in Kannada
- ಶೋಧಕ, ಪತ್ತೆಕಾರಿ
- detector in Punjabi
- ਡਿਟੈਕਟਰ, ਡੀਟੈਕਟਰ
- detector in Gujarati
- ડિટેક્ટર, ડીટેક્ટર
- detector in Odia
- ଡିଟେକ୍ଟର, ଡିଟେକ୍ଟର୍, ଡିଟେକଟର
- detector in Nepali
- डिटेक्टर
- detector in Tagalog
- paniktik
- detector in Malay
- pengesan
- detector in Indonesian
- detektor
Examples of detector in a sentence
- The customs officer gave me a frisk after I went through the metal detector.
- He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
- The suspect was hooked up to a lie detector.
Forms of detector
| plural | detectors |
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Origin of detector
Borrowed from Latin dētēctor. Equals detect + -or (agent noun forming suffix).
Words formed from detector
- autodetector
- bat detector
- biodetector
- Canny edge detector
- CO detector
- cryodetector
- currency detector
- detector bar
- detectorism
- detectorist
- detectorless
- detector van
- duct detector
- electron capture detector
- envelope detector
- Everhart-Thornley detector
- fluorodetector
- geodetector
- heat detector
- junction detector
- lie detector
- lightning detector
- lithium-drifted silicon detector
- metal detector
- microdetector
- motion detector
- multidetector
- peak detector
- photodetector
- radar detector
- radiodetector
- sarcasm detector
- scintillation detector
- smoke detector
- subdetector
- time detector
- watchman's detector
- watchman's time detector
- window detector
Phrases with detector
Words that rhyme with detector
Questions about detector
- What does detector mean?
- Detector means a device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
- What is detector in Hindi?
- Detector in Hindi is डिटेक्टर (ḍiṭekṭar). See Detector meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is detector?
- Detector is a noun.
- How do you pronounce detector?
- Detector is pronounced /dɪˈtɛktə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of detector?
- The plural of detector is detectors.
Words near detector in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: detector (page history and authors); detector (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); detector (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); کاشف (Urdu) (page history and authors); detector (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); detector (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); detector (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); detector (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); detector (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); detector (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); detector (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); detector (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.
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