Detector

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that detects, especially a mechanical, electrical, or chemical device that automatically identifies and records or registers a stimulus, such as an environmental change in pressure or temperature, an electric signal, or radiation from a radioactive material.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who, or that which, detects; a detecter.
  • n.
  • n. An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.
  • n. A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating the direction of a current.
  • n. Any of various devices for detecting the presence of electric waves.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a revealer; a discoverer.
  • n. An instrument or a device for indicating the presence or state of a thing.
  • n. Sometimes written detecter.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
  • n. any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
  • n. rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rectifier   
    Form
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    detecter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hector    Rector    Schechter    collector    connecter    connector    defector    director    erector    hector   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sensor    detection    transmitter    amplifier    generator    scanner    receiver    device    circuit    input