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retections

retections is the plural of retection.

Meaning of retection

Noun

retection (countable and uncountable, plural retections)

  1. (obsolete) Disclosure or detection of something concealed.
  2. Detection through a concealing layer. (Note: this use is somewhat specific to electrical engineering and related fields investigating the uses of T-Ray Sensing.)
    • Special issue: T-Ray Imaging, Sensing and Retection2007 August, Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 95, number 8

Questions about retections

What is retections the plural of?
Retections is the plural of retection.

Words near retections in the dictionary

  1. reteased
  2. reteases
  3. reteasing
  4. retecious
  5. retection
  6. retections
  7. retee
  8. reteed
  9. reteeing
  10. retees
  11. retelecast

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