metal detector
metal detector noun: a hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal.
Noun
metal detector (plural metal detectors)
- A hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal.
- A metal-detecting device, incorporated into a full-body scanner structure, through which people pass, used to detect certain concealed weapons and certain contraband.
metal detector meaning in Tamil and Kannada
metal detector in Tamil
- உலோக உணர்வி, அலர்வி, உலோகத்தைக் கண்டறியும் பொறியமைவு, மாழைக் கண்டறியும் பொறி
metal detector in Kannada
- ಲೋಹಶೋಧಕ, ಧಾತು ಪತ್ತೆಕಾರಿ
Forms of metal detector
| plural | metal detectors |
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Origin of metal detector
metal + detector
Words formed from metal detector
Questions about metal detector
- What does metal detector mean?
- Metal detector means a hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal.
- What is metal detector in Tamil?
- Metal detector in Tamil is உலோக உணர்வி, அலர்வி, உலோகத்தைக் கண்டறியும் பொறியமைவு. See Metal detector meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is metal detector?
- Metal detector is a noun.
- What is the plural of metal detector?
- The plural of metal detector is metal detectors.
Words near metal detector in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: metal detector (page history and authors); metal detector (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); metal detector (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.
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