adj. Referring to something that has been noticed.
v. Simple past tense and past participle of detect.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In entomology, uncovered: applied to the hemelytra of heteropterous Hemiptera when, as in most species, they are not covered by the scutellum: opposed to obtected.
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adj. perceived or discerned
adj. perceived with the mind
Word Usage
"The methane we detected is of unknown age -- its origin could be ancient or perhaps recent, Michael Mumma of NASA and colleagues wrote."