n. The act of detecting or sensing something; discovering something that was hidden or disguised.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Discovery; finding by search or observation.
n. The act of detecting, finding out, or bringing to light: a discerning; the state or fact of being detected or found out: as, the detection of faults, crimes, or criminals.
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n. a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
n. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
n. the detection that a signal is being received
n. the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
Word Usage
"This spurred a multiyear effort by Singhal and his team to produce a name detection system within the search engine."